" Birds house with probably one of the last truly lavish palaces built on commonwealth avenue. At the turn of the century but let's meet with -- Adrian who can fill us in on more details -- Hello Bob welcome the arch house thank you so much it's really treat this. Come in the front door have seen this house over the years just from the outside now know that it's got great detail tell us a little bit college how it's being used today."

" Our accounts today is being used as an assisted living residence for seniors and what does that mean there's think this means people who can no longer live independently they just a little bit of help. That they don't need nursing facility or nursing home so it's not a nursing -- have their own private quarters. Have their own sense of their own home their -- furnishings and we provide the personal areas neat way. Now historically it was a lavish mansion built pied a man named -- who now for our camera and -- who was say an attorney and financier turn of the century. The building was built in 1899. In the architect that the time was the Charles we're -- was well known in the area and it's in the style of French chateau exactly central west style which was popular on Fifth Avenue in New York. "

" Probably twenty years before this was built."

" And came just a little bit too late."

" And was not well received in the Boston back -- it was considered a little bit garish what exactly yet of that mine mine would detailed look at this extraordinary staircase solvent carved marble on any of course the."

" The stained glass up there what can you talked about the -- not too much is known about the significance of the windows. Except that it does make quite a statement looking at it from the street from inside everything quite magnificent."

" Three views of sailing ship a Spanish -- But none of them are. From the side Oliver either from the -- from the Stearns. And it is their colors are just really brilliant and then of course there's also deep feels like mosaics on the floor. And carved mantel well this one."

" How many fireplaces in the house."

" I'm told that originally there were about fifteen we're down now to four clean fireplace in the original master bedroom suite upstairs and three here on the first floor it's an enormous house. How was it laid out what rooms for example were located on this level originally on this level what's at the reception area the lobby here."

" And it's gotta be forty feet. And least I would thank at least forty feet by about fifteen."

" And the front quadrant of the buildings the original library it is now one of our private suites and as a magnificent tool weathering than woodwork ceiling and and it's and -- of course we have the other main rooms here."

" The bright rooms and little many of these houses. Being town houses were dark in this policy relatively dark soon that they were oriented towards the southern facade to get as much still fit. And we'll look at the conservatory but how about the figure you can hear satellite -- dining room is really quite special. Again the beautiful stained glass windows on the southern side of the house -- you've got them almost eliminated all the time while they were do you -- you know about."

" Very little about the -- of the windows except -- combination of stained and painted glass require all kinds of tender loving care the other exquisite and look at this dining room -- It's it's kind of an old rule shape with this extraordinary feeling. Wonderful thing about the dining room is that when it was in this building was medical offices prior to our restoration. Everything here was covered with wallboard in a suspended ceiling be -- so you can imagine our surprise when the suspended ceiling came down and we discovered this feeling in its place did you have to restore it. Quite a bit the whole wall was intact with the gold leafing. But of these side panels are only the three or four on this side of the original. All the rest of it -- to be replicated to using plaster molds sure innocent my untrained -- I can't tell the difference."

" Now what's this room over here."

" Women here is our salon and is used for the residents for entertaining and it also benefits from all the sunlight remote."

" Well it's a pretty room."

" Certainly -- but some might say that it's a bit -- if you look at the."

" She Arabs in the corners coming out of the south and all that much all over the place Fiat and the medallion in the -- in the ceiling is really a pretty good paying about. But cloud you know. Clouds and it's got exactly the feeling is the original -- walls have been restored to their original coloration from hot lots of Vito and his from but I think the main thing is that it benefits from all the natural light from your so Larry Kramer Africa conservatory this is a neat room. Now have it has this been restored."

" When when we first acquired the building again all of this wasn't offices so let's cut up into cubicles with the wallboard and the dropped ceiling and rarely it's got a it is used now by the residents for opt for reading or are playing games the TV world."

" And these guys get out in the -- it's nice to have a sunroom decision and that's what kind of stone is that up there."

" That is actually Karl on mr. -- with the horticultural list among other things. And -- this entire wall west's quarrel you preserve as much as exciting I'm told used to grow orchids in the --"

" Meat and of course the the dome of the conservatory is octagonal. With the original curved glass."