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  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  August, 
  1907 
  

  

  Three 
  Low 
  Cost 
  Houses 
  at 
  Dyker 
  Heights, 
  New 
  York 
  

  

  By 
  Paul 
  Thurston 
  

  

  T 
  IS 
  a 
  difficult 
  matter 
  in 
  planning 
  a 
  house 
  

   to 
  design 
  one 
  which 
  will 
  combine 
  all 
  the 
  

   principles 
  of 
  good 
  construction, 
  pleasing 
  ele- 
  

   vations 
  and 
  well 
  arranged 
  plans, 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  

   same 
  time 
  one 
  which 
  can 
  be 
  built 
  for 
  a 
  com- 
  

   paratively 
  small 
  amount 
  of 
  money. 
  

  

  It 
  is, 
  also, 
  difficult 
  to 
  secure 
  a 
  house 
  of 
  a 
  

   distinctive 
  character, 
  for 
  the 
  reason 
  that 
  the 
  usual 
  house 
  

   built 
  of 
  this 
  class, 
  at 
  the 
  present 
  time, 
  for 
  any 
  such 
  sum 
  of 
  

   money 
  as 
  the 
  ones 
  illustrated 
  herewith, 
  are 
  usually 
  of 
  the 
  

   class 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  "square-rigged" 
  type, 
  and 
  are 
  conse- 
  

   quently 
  without 
  any 
  pronounced 
  charm 
  in 
  them. 
  

  

  The 
  difficulty, 
  however, 
  has 
  been 
  overcome, 
  as 
  is 
  demon- 
  

   strated 
  by 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  Schubert, 
  in 
  the 
  three 
  houses 
  he 
  has 
  de- 
  

   signed 
  for 
  Mr. 
  Benjamin 
  Guisberg, 
  whose 
  house 
  presents 
  

   one 
  type, 
  Mr. 
  M. 
  T. 
  Bull's 
  another, 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Ingomals 
  still 
  

   another, 
  which 
  he 
  has 
  built 
  at 
  Dyker 
  Heights, 
  Brooklyn. 
  

  

  Tne 
  House 
  or 
  Benjamin 
  Guisberg, 
  Esq. 
  

  

  The 
  interesting 
  house 
  built 
  for 
  Benjamin 
  Guisberg, 
  Esq., 
  

   has 
  a 
  pleasing 
  feature 
  in 
  the 
  placing 
  of 
  the 
  entrance 
  porch 
  at 
  

  

  isolated 
  manner 
  and 
  in 
  so 
  close 
  proximity 
  to 
  the 
  kitchen 
  

   that 
  no 
  rear 
  stairs 
  seem 
  necessary 
  when 
  making 
  arrangements 
  

   for 
  them. 
  

  

  The 
  parlor 
  has 
  oak 
  trimmings, 
  painted 
  ivory 
  white, 
  a 
  bay- 
  

   window 
  with 
  a 
  seat, 
  and 
  an 
  open 
  fireplace 
  with 
  cream 
  tile 
  

   facings, 
  a 
  hearth 
  and 
  a 
  Colonial 
  mantel. 
  A 
  French 
  window 
  

   opens 
  into 
  the 
  living-porch 
  from 
  this 
  room. 
  

  

  The 
  dining-room 
  is 
  also 
  trimmed 
  with 
  oak 
  and 
  has 
  a 
  

   beamed 
  ceiling 
  and 
  a 
  plate 
  rack 
  extending 
  around 
  the 
  walls, 
  

   forming 
  a 
  division 
  for 
  the 
  decorations. 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  bay- 
  

   window 
  with 
  seat, 
  and 
  an 
  open 
  fireplace 
  with 
  green 
  mottled 
  

   tiled 
  facings 
  and 
  hearth. 
  A 
  door 
  opens 
  into 
  the 
  butler's 
  

   closet, 
  which 
  is 
  fitted 
  with 
  drawers 
  and 
  dressers, 
  while 
  an- 
  

   other 
  door 
  opens 
  into 
  the 
  kitchen, 
  which 
  is 
  fitted 
  with 
  all 
  the 
  

   best 
  modern 
  conveniences. 
  

  

  The 
  second 
  floor 
  is 
  treated 
  with 
  white 
  paint, 
  and 
  the 
  walls 
  

   of 
  each 
  room 
  are 
  in 
  one 
  color 
  scheme. 
  There 
  are 
  four 
  bed- 
  

   rooms, 
  each 
  provided 
  with 
  large 
  closets. 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  bed- 
  

   rooms 
  is 
  fitted 
  with 
  an 
  open 
  fireplace. 
  There 
  is 
  also 
  a 
  bath- 
  

   room, 
  furnished 
  with 
  a 
  tiled 
  wainscoting, 
  porcelain 
  fixtures 
  

   and 
  exposed 
  nickelplated 
  plumbing. 
  The 
  third 
  floor 
  con- 
  

  

  Seco^D 
  JZbo 
  jz 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Guisberg's 
  House 
  Is 
  Well 
  Balanced 
  by 
  the 
  Porches 
  at 
  Either 
  Side 
  

  

  the 
  front 
  and 
  the 
  living 
  porch 
  at 
  the 
  left 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  house, 
  

   balancing 
  the 
  elevation 
  with 
  a 
  complete 
  harmony. 
  Much 
  

   care 
  has 
  been 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  planning 
  of 
  the 
  house, 
  in 
  the 
  ar- 
  

   rangement 
  of 
  its 
  various 
  rooms 
  and 
  the 
  utilization 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  

   available 
  space. 
  In 
  doing 
  this, 
  it 
  means 
  something 
  more 
  

   than 
  the 
  getting 
  of 
  the 
  largest 
  number 
  of 
  rooms 
  in 
  a 
  given 
  

   area, 
  for 
  the 
  rooms 
  must 
  be 
  properly 
  related 
  to 
  one 
  another 
  

   and 
  thoroughly 
  adapted 
  to 
  the 
  uses 
  for 
  which 
  they 
  are 
  in- 
  

   tended. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  a 
  cellar 
  under 
  the 
  entire 
  house 
  which 
  is 
  inclosed 
  

   with 
  a 
  stone 
  foundation 
  and 
  underpinning. 
  The 
  building 
  

   above 
  is 
  covered 
  with 
  matched 
  sheathing, 
  good 
  building 
  

   paper, 
  clapboards 
  and 
  cedar 
  shingles. 
  The 
  clapboards 
  and 
  

   trimmings 
  are 
  painted 
  a 
  light 
  gray 
  and 
  the 
  shingles 
  are 
  

   stained 
  in 
  harmony. 
  The 
  roof 
  is 
  covered 
  with 
  similar 
  

   shingles 
  and 
  is 
  stained 
  a 
  moss 
  green. 
  

  

  Upon 
  entering 
  the 
  house 
  one 
  finds 
  oneself 
  in 
  a 
  square 
  hall, 
  

   which 
  opens 
  into 
  the 
  parlor, 
  dining-room 
  and 
  the 
  stair 
  hall. 
  

   This 
  hall 
  is 
  trimmed 
  with 
  oak 
  and 
  has 
  a 
  beamed 
  ceiling. 
  

   The 
  staircase, 
  which 
  is 
  an 
  ornamental 
  one, 
  is 
  separated 
  from 
  

   the 
  hall 
  proper 
  by 
  an 
  archway, 
  and 
  is 
  placed 
  in 
  such 
  an 
  

  

  tains 
  one 
  servant's 
  room 
  and 
  an 
  open 
  attic 
  for 
  storage 
  uses. 
  

   The 
  cost 
  of 
  this 
  house 
  complete 
  was 
  $3750. 
  

  

  A 
  House 
  Built 
  for 
  Mr. 
  Ingomals 
  

  

  The 
  whole 
  style 
  of 
  this 
  house 
  is 
  simple 
  and 
  good, 
  and 
  the 
  

   red 
  tone 
  of 
  the 
  underpinning, 
  the 
  silver 
  gray 
  of 
  the 
  painted 
  

   clapboards, 
  and 
  the 
  soft 
  brown 
  of 
  the 
  shingles, 
  harmonize 
  

   well 
  with 
  the 
  ivory-white 
  painted 
  trim, 
  and 
  the 
  moss-green 
  

   stained 
  shingled 
  roof. 
  

  

  The 
  house 
  is 
  furnace 
  heated 
  and 
  the 
  cellar 
  is 
  divided 
  into 
  

   fuel 
  rooms, 
  etc. 
  

  

  The 
  entire 
  arrangement 
  of 
  the 
  house 
  is 
  most 
  excellent, 
  and 
  

   it 
  is 
  divided 
  into 
  four 
  rooms 
  on 
  the 
  first 
  floor 
  and 
  the 
  same 
  

   number 
  and 
  bathroom 
  on 
  the 
  second. 
  A 
  novel 
  feature 
  of 
  

   this 
  plan 
  is 
  the 
  staircase, 
  which 
  is 
  placed 
  in 
  a 
  hall 
  by 
  itself, 
  

   and 
  which, 
  connecting 
  with 
  all 
  the 
  rooms, 
  answers, 
  on 
  ac- 
  

   count 
  of 
  its 
  convenient 
  location, 
  for 
  both 
  the 
  rear 
  and 
  front 
  

   stairway. 
  Entrance 
  to 
  the 
  house 
  is 
  direct 
  to 
  the 
  living-hall, 
  

   which 
  is 
  trimmed 
  with 
  oak 
  and 
  finished 
  in 
  a 
  Flemish 
  brown, 
  

   and 
  has 
  an 
  open 
  fireplace 
  with 
  brick 
  facings 
  and 
  hearth 
  and 
  a 
  

   Dutch 
  mantel. 
  The 
  stairway, 
  as 
  already 
  mentioned, 
  is 
  

  

  