﻿AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  February, 
  1907 
  

  

  hot-air 
  furnace 
  and 
  fuel-rooms. 
  Mr. 
  Lawrence 
  Visscher 
  A 
  lean-to 
  roof 
  falls 
  gracefully 
  over 
  the 
  porch 
  of 
  which 
  

  

  Boyd, 
  of 
  Philadelphia, 
  was 
  the 
  architect. 
  it 
  forms 
  a 
  covering. 
  Mr. 
  Lucas 
  has 
  given 
  the 
  lean-to 
  effect 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  designing 
  of 
  small 
  houses 
  of 
  this 
  character, 
  it 
  is 
  in 
  his 
  roof 
  lines, 
  but 
  he 
  has 
  omitted 
  the 
  towers 
  and 
  has 
  

  

  well 
  to 
  remember 
  that 
  it 
  has 
  required 
  considerable 
  thought 
  pierced 
  the 
  roof 
  with 
  dormer 
  windows, 
  broad 
  in 
  dimensions, 
  

  

  Rbst 
  Floor 
  Pi_a.n 
  

  

  5tcoAiD 
  Floos 
  Pla/\ 
  

  

  6 
  -A 
  Gambrel 
  Roof 
  House 
  with 
  Olive-green 
  Stained 
  Shingles 
  and 
  White-painted 
  Trim 
  

  

  on 
  the 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  various 
  architects, 
  in 
  securing 
  the 
  very 
  

   best 
  possible 
  arrangement 
  of 
  rooms 
  combined 
  with, 
  and 
  fitted 
  

   to, 
  an 
  exterior 
  that 
  is 
  as 
  equally 
  well 
  balanced 
  and 
  interest- 
  

   ing, 
  and 
  one 
  that 
  is 
  pleasing 
  to 
  the 
  eye. 
  

  

  The 
  various 
  materials 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  houses 
  are 
  built 
  are 
  

   of 
  the 
  best 
  of 
  their 
  respective 
  kinds, 
  the 
  workmanship 
  is 
  

   good, 
  and 
  the 
  appointments 
  are 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  serviceable 
  and 
  

   convenient 
  sorts. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Schermerhorn 
  has 
  presented 
  a 
  very 
  good 
  design 
  of 
  a 
  

   house 
  for 
  a 
  narrow 
  suburban 
  lot, 
  with 
  wood 
  square-formed 
  

   rooms 
  on 
  the 
  interior, 
  while 
  the 
  only 
  break 
  on 
  the 
  exter- 
  

   ior 
  is 
  the 
  tower, 
  which 
  is 
  so 
  often 
  an 
  impossible 
  feature 
  from 
  

   an 
  architectural 
  standpoint, 
  but 
  in 
  this 
  instance 
  it 
  fits 
  in 
  

   well 
  and 
  gives 
  a 
  certain 
  amount 
  of 
  dignity 
  to 
  the 
  exterior. 
  

  

  and 
  adding 
  much 
  to 
  the 
  interior 
  arrangement 
  of 
  the 
  room. 
  

   The 
  plans, 
  while 
  quite 
  similar 
  in 
  their 
  arrangements, 
  have 
  

   a 
  little 
  more 
  openness 
  on 
  the 
  first 
  floor 
  than 
  Mr. 
  Schermer- 
  

   horn's 
  house, 
  but 
  this 
  is 
  simply 
  a 
  question 
  of 
  personal 
  desire 
  

   on 
  the 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  client. 
  

  

  The 
  plans 
  which 
  Mr. 
  Boyd 
  presents 
  are 
  along 
  the 
  same 
  

   lines, 
  but 
  he 
  has 
  accepted 
  the 
  gambrel 
  roof 
  style 
  in 
  which 
  to 
  

   enclose 
  his 
  ideas. 
  The 
  entrance 
  to 
  the 
  house 
  is 
  from 
  the 
  

   side, 
  giving 
  a 
  broad 
  expanse 
  to 
  the 
  front, 
  and 
  necessitating 
  

   only 
  one 
  walk 
  in 
  which 
  to 
  reach 
  the 
  entrance 
  and 
  the 
  service 
  

   end 
  of 
  the 
  house. 
  

  

  Taking 
  the 
  three 
  houses 
  as 
  a 
  group 
  they 
  present 
  a 
  similar 
  

   interior 
  plan 
  with 
  a 
  distinct 
  style 
  for 
  the 
  exteriors 
  and 
  are 
  

   characteristic 
  of 
  good 
  taste. 
  

  

  