﻿February, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  53 
  

  

  ler's 
  pantry, 
  laundry, 
  and 
  kitchen 
  are 
  trimmed 
  with 
  yellow 
  idea 
  and 
  do 
  away 
  with 
  the 
  "parlor," 
  which 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  

  

  pine 
  treated 
  with 
  hard 
  oil 
  and 
  varnish, 
  and 
  each 
  is 
  fitted 
  with 
  essential 
  and 
  foremost 
  thought 
  of 
  the 
  average 
  housewife, 
  is 
  

  

  all 
  the 
  best 
  modern 
  and 
  sanitary 
  improvements. 
  certainly 
  a 
  triumph. 
  Parlors 
  in 
  small 
  houses 
  usually 
  occupy 
  

  

  The 
  second 
  story 
  is 
  treated 
  with 
  white-painted 
  trim, 
  and 
  the 
  best 
  and 
  most 
  important 
  part. 
  This 
  is 
  certainly 
  a 
  false 
  

  

  delicate 
  and 
  artistic 
  wall 
  decorations. 
  This 
  floor 
  contains 
  conception 
  of 
  the 
  modern 
  housewife, 
  for 
  in 
  them 
  is 
  usually 
  

  

  three 
  bedrooms 
  and 
  two 
  bathrooms; 
  the 
  latter 
  are 
  well 
  placed 
  placed 
  the 
  most 
  uninviting 
  and 
  stiff-looking 
  furniture 
  and 
  

  

  tor 
  convenience 
  to 
  

   each 
  room, 
  and 
  

   are 
  furnished 
  with 
  

   porcelain 
  fi 
  x 
  t 
  u 
  r 
  e 
  s 
  

   and 
  exposed 
  nickel- 
  

   plated 
  plumbing. 
  

   The 
  owner's 
  room 
  

   extends 
  the 
  entire 
  

   depth 
  of 
  the 
  house, 
  

   with 
  exposures 
  on 
  

   three 
  sides. 
  There 
  

   are 
  two 
  bedrooms 
  

   and 
  a 
  bathroom 
  on 
  

   the 
  third 
  floor, 
  be- 
  

   sides 
  ample 
  storage 
  

   space. 
  A 
  cemented 
  

   cellar 
  contains 
  the 
  

   heating 
  apparatus. 
  

   fuel 
  rooms 
  and 
  cold 
  

   storage. 
  

  

  Well 
  designed 
  

   and 
  planned 
  houses 
  

   of 
  this 
  character 
  are 
  

   not 
  common, 
  and 
  

   Messrs. 
  Mcllvain 
  

   and 
  Roberts, 
  Phila- 
  

   delphia, 
  Pa., 
  the 
  

  

  architects 
  of 
  this 
  particular 
  house, 
  have 
  demonstrated 
  the 
  

   possibilities 
  of 
  a 
  good 
  house 
  confined 
  in 
  a 
  small 
  compass. 
  

  

  One 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  difficult 
  problems 
  which 
  an 
  architect 
  has 
  

   to 
  contend 
  with, 
  in 
  the 
  building 
  of 
  the 
  modern 
  house 
  of 
  the 
  

   character 
  of 
  this 
  one, 
  is 
  to 
  secure 
  the 
  necessary 
  co-operation 
  

   of 
  his 
  client 
  in 
  adopting 
  the 
  best 
  principles 
  of 
  simple 
  form 
  

  

  Rock 
  Faced 
  Local 
  Stone 
  Laid 
  in 
  White 
  Mortar 
  with 
  Raked 
  Joints, 
  Is 
  the 
  Material 
  of 
  

   Which 
  the 
  Exterior 
  Walls 
  Are 
  Built 
  

  

  formal 
  furnishings, 
  

   and 
  there 
  is 
  thus 
  

   created 
  an 
  air 
  that 
  

   forbids 
  comfort. 
  

  

  The 
  best 
  modern 
  

   houses, 
  of 
  small 
  di- 
  

   mensions, 
  as 
  in 
  this 
  

   particular 
  case, 
  are 
  

   provided 
  with 
  a 
  

   stairway 
  of 
  secon- 
  

   dary 
  consideration 
  

   and 
  a 
  great, 
  large 
  

   living-room 
  in 
  place 
  

   of 
  the 
  conventional 
  

   parlor. 
  

  

  The 
  architects 
  

   have 
  been 
  most 
  suc- 
  

   cessful 
  in 
  planning 
  

   for 
  Mr. 
  Ellison 
  a 
  

   most 
  interesting 
  in- 
  

   terior 
  arrangement, 
  

   and 
  an 
  exterior 
  de- 
  

   sign 
  of 
  no 
  small 
  mo- 
  

   ment. 
  The 
  pergola 
  

   piazza 
  is 
  an 
  excel- 
  

   lent 
  feature, 
  form- 
  

   ing 
  an 
  outdoor 
  liv- 
  

   ing-room, 
  which 
  is 
  distinct 
  and 
  separate 
  from 
  the 
  entrance 
  

   porch 
  that 
  pierces 
  the 
  house. 
  On 
  the 
  interior 
  all 
  the 
  

   rooms 
  are 
  made 
  to 
  live 
  in, 
  and 
  each 
  is 
  furnished 
  for 
  the 
  pur- 
  

   pose 
  for 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  intended. 
  Each 
  apartment 
  is 
  fitted 
  up 
  

   with 
  all 
  the 
  best 
  modern 
  conveniences. 
  The 
  construction 
  of 
  

   the 
  house 
  is 
  simple, 
  though 
  of 
  the 
  very 
  best 
  materials, 
  and 
  

  

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  Complete 
  and 
  Compact 
  Are 
  the 
  Plans 
  in 
  Their 
  Arrangement 
  of 
  Rooms. 
  A 
  Study 
  of 
  the 
  Combination 
  of 
  

  

  the 
  Stairways 
  Is 
  Worthy 
  of 
  Notice 
  

  

  and 
  architecture 
  in 
  the 
  building 
  of 
  his 
  house. 
  To 
  secure 
  the 
  interior 
  appointments 
  are 
  simple, 
  though 
  of 
  the 
  very 
  

  

  his 
  permission 
  to 
  do 
  away 
  with 
  the 
  hall 
  and 
  the 
  staircase, 
  best 
  of 
  their 
  respective 
  kinds. 
  Taking 
  the 
  house 
  as 
  a 
  com- 
  

  

  which 
  usually 
  forces 
  its 
  presence 
  on 
  everyone 
  immediately 
  pleted 
  whole, 
  as 
  meeting 
  modern 
  needs, 
  it 
  certainly 
  is 
  one 
  

  

  upon 
  entering 
  the 
  average 
  house, 
  is 
  an 
  excellent 
  move, 
  but 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  examples 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  its 
  vicinity. 
  It 
  well 
  

  

  to 
  get 
  him 
  to 
  modernize 
  and 
  simplify 
  his 
  ideas 
  to 
  the 
  modern 
  merits 
  all 
  the 
  study 
  that 
  can 
  be 
  given 
  to 
  it. 
  

  

  