﻿January, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  11 
  

  

  3 
  — 
  White 
  Painted 
  Clapboards 
  and 
  Green 
  Painted 
  Blinds 
  Is 
  the 
  Color 
  Scheme 
  

   of 
  the 
  Small 
  Single 
  House 
  

  

  point. 
  These 
  houses 
  

   were 
  built 
  cheaply, 
  

   and, 
  even 
  so, 
  they 
  

   have 
  such 
  merit 
  in 
  

   them 
  that 
  they 
  make 
  

   model 
  houses 
  for 
  

   any 
  one 
  whose 
  re- 
  

   quirements 
  are 
  not 
  

   too 
  great. 
  M 
  r. 
  

   Moses 
  has 
  designed 
  

   something 
  beyond 
  

   the 
  commonplace 
  

   house 
  and, 
  in 
  order 
  

   to 
  overcome 
  the 
  cost 
  

   of 
  building, 
  it 
  was 
  

   necessary 
  to 
  adopt 
  

   every 
  possible 
  eco- 
  

   nomical 
  means 
  in 
  

   order 
  to 
  meet 
  all 
  

   the 
  essential 
  require- 
  

   ments 
  for 
  a 
  well- 
  

   regulated 
  house 
  of 
  

   low 
  cost. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  designing 
  

   of 
  these 
  houses 
  there 
  

   has 
  been 
  but 
  one 
  

   thought, 
  and 
  that 
  

  

  has 
  been 
  to 
  eliminate 
  all 
  unnecessary 
  ornamentation, 
  except 
  

   that 
  which 
  means 
  something, 
  such 
  as 
  the 
  main 
  cornice, 
  which 
  

   is 
  bracketed 
  and 
  

   gives 
  a 
  dignity 
  to 
  

   the 
  building. 
  All 
  

   the 
  houses 
  have 
  

   similar 
  detail, 
  of 
  the 
  

   Colonial 
  style. 
  They 
  

   have 
  brick 
  founda- 
  

   tions 
  and 
  underpin- 
  

   nings 
  laid 
  in 
  white 
  

   mortar. 
  The 
  super- 
  

   structures 
  are 
  cov- 
  

   ered 
  with 
  matched 
  

   sheathing 
  on 
  the 
  

   outside 
  of 
  the 
  stud- 
  

   ding. 
  This 
  sheath- 
  

   ing 
  is 
  then 
  covered 
  

   with 
  good 
  building 
  

   paper 
  and 
  clap- 
  

   boarded. 
  All 
  the 
  

   houses 
  are 
  painted 
  

   white, 
  with 
  blinds 
  

   of 
  ivy 
  green. 
  The 
  roofs 
  are 
  covered 
  with 
  shingles 
  and 
  

   left 
  to 
  weather 
  finish. 
  The 
  arrangement 
  of 
  each 
  house 
  is 
  

  

  most 
  complete 
  in 
  

   every 
  respect. 
  

  

  The 
  small 
  single 
  

   house 
  presented 
  in 
  

   Figures 
  1, 
  2 
  and 
  3, 
  

   cost 
  $2,100 
  com- 
  

   plete. 
  The 
  frontage 
  

   is 
  twenty-eight 
  feet 
  

   and 
  six 
  inches, 
  and 
  

   the 
  depth 
  is 
  twenty- 
  

   six 
  feet; 
  this 
  is 
  ex- 
  

   clusive 
  of 
  the 
  front 
  

   and 
  the 
  two 
  side 
  

   porches. 
  

  

  The 
  plan 
  of 
  the 
  

   house 
  which 
  is 
  pre- 
  

   sented 
  in 
  Figure 
  1 
  

   shows 
  an 
  entrance 
  

   from 
  a 
  small 
  porch 
  

   placed 
  in 
  the 
  center 
  

   of 
  the 
  building. 
  This 
  

   entrance 
  door 
  opens 
  

   into 
  a 
  hall, 
  which 
  

   contains 
  an 
  orna- 
  

   mental 
  staircase 
  pro- 
  

   vided 
  with 
  white 
  

   painted 
  steps 
  and 
  

   balustrade. 
  The 
  rail 
  is 
  of 
  dark 
  oak. 
  From 
  the 
  hall 
  access 
  

   is 
  obtained 
  to 
  the 
  living-room 
  and 
  the 
  dining-room, 
  and 
  each 
  

  

  of 
  the 
  latter 
  connects 
  

   with 
  the 
  kitchen 
  be- 
  

   yond. 
  

  

  One 
  chimney, 
  

   placed 
  in 
  the 
  center 
  

   of 
  the 
  house, 
  suffices 
  

   for 
  each 
  room, 
  and 
  

   the 
  rooms 
  on 
  the 
  

   first 
  floor, 
  being 
  lo- 
  

   cated 
  as 
  they 
  are 
  

   with 
  connection 
  to 
  

   the 
  kitchen, 
  permit 
  

   of 
  sufficient 
  heat 
  be- 
  

   ing 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  

   kitchen 
  range 
  to 
  heat 
  

   the 
  living-room 
  and 
  

   dining-room 
  until 
  

   extremely 
  cold 
  

   weather. 
  

  

  The 
  living-room 
  

   opens 
  on 
  to 
  the 
  

   porch 
  at 
  one 
  side, 
  while 
  a 
  similar 
  porch, 
  placed 
  at 
  the 
  oppo- 
  

   site 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  house, 
  opens 
  from 
  the 
  dining-room. 
  These 
  

  

  The 
  Larger 
  Single 
  House 
  Is 
  Designed 
  With 
  the 
  Same 
  Colonial 
  Features 
  

   as 
  the 
  Small 
  Single 
  House 
  

  

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  5 
  — 
  The 
  Plans 
  of 
  the 
  Large 
  Single 
  House 
  Show 
  a 
  Central 
  Hall 
  with 
  Rooms 
  on 
  Either 
  Side 
  

  

  