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The Lotta Crabtree Cottage (1885-86) is a Shingle style house in the Breslin Park neighborhood of Mount Arlington, New Jersey. Designed by the noted Philadelphia architect
/ref> Furness designed the Breslin Hotel (1886, burned 1948) – a 175-room Conference and resort hotels, resort hotel built on a hill overlooking Lake Hopatcong – along with a number of summer cottages surrounding it. A popular celebrity, Crabtree "was given this house as part of promotion for the Breslin Hotel." She named it "Attol Tryst" ("Lotta" spelled backward), and summered there for 20 years. The 18-room cottage sits on land that slopes down to Van Every Cove. It is 2-1/2 stories on the land side and 3-1/2 on the lake side. The exterior features Furness's "upside-down" chimneys, with
"Lake Living: Attol Tryst,"
''Lake Hopatcong News'', May 20, 2010.
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The Lotta Crabtree Cottage (1885-86) is a Shingle style house in the Breslin Park neighborhood of Mount Arlington, New Jersey. Designed by the noted Philadelphia architect Frank Furness
Frank Heyling Furness (November 12, 1839 - June 27, 1912) was an American architect of the Victorian era. He designed more than 600 buildings, most in the Philadelphia area, and is remembered for his diverse, muscular, often unordinarily scaled b ...
, it is a contributing property in Mount Arlington Historic District.
Lotta Crabtree
Charlotte Mignon "Lotta" Crabtree (November 7, 1847 – September 25, 1924), also known mononymously as Lotta, was an American actress, entertainer, comedian, and philanthropist.
Crabtree was born in New York City and raised in the gold mining ...
(1847–1924) was an American actress and comedian, best known for her Western roles.George E. Thomas, et al., ''Frank Furness: The Complete Works'', (New York: Princeton Architectural Press, revised 1996/ref> Furness designed the Breslin Hotel (1886, burned 1948) – a 175-room Conference and resort hotels, resort hotel built on a hill overlooking Lake Hopatcong – along with a number of summer cottages surrounding it. A popular celebrity, Crabtree "was given this house as part of promotion for the Breslin Hotel." She named it "Attol Tryst" ("Lotta" spelled backward), and summered there for 20 years. The 18-room cottage sits on land that slopes down to Van Every Cove. It is 2-1/2 stories on the land side and 3-1/2 on the lake side. The exterior features Furness's "upside-down" chimneys, with
corbel
In architecture, a corbel is a structural piece of stone, wood or metal jutting from a wall to carry a superincumbent weight, a type of bracket. A corbel is a solid piece of material in the wall, whereas a console is a piece applied to the s ...
s that flare outward near the top. An expansive porch/ piazza, including a semi-circular section that traces the curve of the parlor, wraps around three sides of the house. The interior features Aesthetic Movement
Aestheticism (also the Aesthetic movement) was an art movement in the late 19th century which privileged the aesthetic value of literature, music and the arts over their socio-political functions. According to Aestheticism, art should be prod ...
details characteristic of Furness, including a fireplace flanked by terra cotta dog-faced beasts. The billiard room's massive stone fireplace once featured a mosaic that spelled out "18 - LOTTA - 86" in gemstones.Jason Hunter"Lake Living: Attol Tryst,"
''Lake Hopatcong News'', May 20, 2010.
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