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Lotta Crabtree Cottage
Shingle style house in Mount Arlington, New Jersey, built in the 1880s From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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, the lakeside cottage is a contributing property in Mount Arlington Historic District.[1]
Lotta Crabtree (1847–1924) was an American actress and comedian, best known for her Western roles.[2]: 260 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 corbels that flare outward near the top.[3] An expansive porch/piazza, including a semi-circular section that traces the curve of the parlor, wraps around three sides of the house.[2]: 260 The interior features Aesthetic Movement details characteristic of Furness, including a fireplace flanked by terra cotta dog-faced beasts.[2]: 261 The billiard room's massive stone fireplace once featured a mosaic that spelled out "18 - LOTTA - 86" in gemstones.[4]
Furness designed the nearby Breslin Hotel (1886, burned 1948)[5] – a 175-room resort hotel built on a hill overlooking Lake Hopatcong. He also designed a number of summer cottages surrounding it.[2]: 258 A popular celebrity in 1886, Crabtree "was given this house as part of promotion for the Breslin Hotel."[2]: 260 She named it "Attol Tryst" ("Lotta" spelled backward), and summered there for 20 years.[6]
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