﻿Three 
  Types 
  of 
  Houses 
  

  

  Built 
  by 
  the 
  Nassau 
  Electric 
  Lighting 
  Company 
  for 
  Their 
  Employes 
  at 
  Roslyn, 
  Long 
  Island 
  

  

  By 
  Francis 
  Durando 
  Nichols 
  

  

  HEN 
  the 
  Nassau 
  Electric 
  Lighting 
  Company 
  

   desired 
  to 
  provide 
  proper 
  homes 
  for 
  their 
  

   employees, 
  and 
  place 
  them 
  in 
  clean 
  and 
  pro- 
  

   per 
  surroundings, 
  they 
  purchased 
  a 
  tract 
  of 
  

   land 
  within 
  close 
  proximity 
  to 
  their 
  plant, 
  

   though 
  not 
  too 
  close 
  to 
  make 
  the 
  plant 
  ever 
  

   evident 
  to 
  the 
  dwellers 
  who 
  might 
  live 
  in 
  their 
  contemplated 
  

   houses. 
  After 
  the 
  tract 
  of 
  land 
  was 
  purchased 
  and 
  graded, 
  

  

  very 
  inexpensive, 
  costing 
  from 
  $2,100 
  to 
  $3,000 
  complete. 
  

   This 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  low 
  cost, 
  and 
  is 
  an 
  important 
  feature, 
  espe- 
  

   cially 
  for 
  dwellings 
  of 
  this 
  character. 
  The 
  dignity 
  and 
  sim- 
  

   plicity 
  of 
  these 
  houses 
  are 
  also 
  matters 
  to 
  be 
  considered. 
  

   They 
  are 
  not 
  unlike 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  houses 
  seen 
  in 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  

   quaint 
  old 
  New 
  England 
  towns. 
  

  

  These 
  features 
  are 
  of 
  particular 
  moment 
  when 
  one 
  con- 
  

   siders 
  the 
  high-priced 
  conditions 
  in 
  the 
  building 
  trades 
  at 
  the 
  

  

  

  

  

  f 
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  TTesrTLooa 
  

  

  and 
  the 
  roads 
  and 
  

   walks 
  built 
  and 
  

   placed 
  in 
  good 
  con- 
  

   dition, 
  then 
  it 
  was 
  

   decided 
  to 
  build 
  the 
  

   houses. 
  

  

  The 
  architect 
  se- 
  

   lected 
  by 
  the 
  com- 
  

   pany 
  to 
  work 
  out 
  a 
  

   scheme 
  for 
  develop- 
  

   ment 
  was 
  Mr. 
  Li- 
  

   onel 
  Moses, 
  II, 
  of 
  

   New 
  York. 
  Mr. 
  

   Moses, 
  after 
  study- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  site 
  and 
  its 
  

   possibilities, 
  decided 
  

   to 
  accept 
  the 
  "square 
  

   rigged" 
  form 
  as 
  be- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  best 
  adapted 
  

   to 
  meet 
  the 
  necessary 
  

   needs 
  and 
  to 
  treat 
  

   them 
  with 
  the 
  simple 
  

   detail 
  of 
  the 
  Col- 
  

   onial 
  features. 
  

  

  These 
  houses 
  are 
  

  

  L)£CO/s/f3 
  JLoois 
  

   1 
  — 
  The 
  Plans 
  of 
  the 
  Small 
  Single 
  House 
  Are 
  Excellent 
  

  

  2 
  — 
  The 
  Exterior 
  of 
  the 
  Small 
  Single 
  House 
  Is 
  Good 
  

  

  present 
  time. 
  That 
  

   building 
  in 
  this 
  coun- 
  

   try 
  is 
  now 
  higher 
  

   than 
  it 
  has 
  ever 
  

   been 
  before 
  is 
  true 
  

   and, 
  to 
  overcome 
  it, 
  

   so 
  that 
  a 
  man 
  may 
  

   still 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  build 
  

   a 
  home 
  within 
  his 
  

   means, 
  it 
  has 
  de- 
  

   volved 
  upon 
  the 
  ar- 
  

   chitect 
  to 
  solve 
  the 
  

   problem 
  for 
  the 
  cli- 
  

   ent 
  who 
  wishes 
  a 
  

   small 
  house 
  of 
  low 
  

   cost 
  and 
  who 
  desires 
  

   to 
  build 
  it 
  for 
  a 
  

   small 
  amount 
  of 
  

   money. 
  In 
  this 
  par- 
  

   ticular 
  case 
  these 
  

   houses 
  were 
  all 
  built 
  

   by 
  the 
  company, 
  

   but 
  the 
  same 
  ques- 
  

   tion 
  arose 
  from 
  the 
  

   economical 
  stand- 
  

  

  