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  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  October, 
  1907 
  

  

  TlR^T 
  rLOOR 
  Pi. 
  

  

  ■5rcoNn 
  Txoog'FLan 
  

  

  1 
  - 
  The 
  Piazza 
  Is 
  an 
  Indispensable 
  Feature 
  of 
  the 
  Small 
  House 
  

  

  Small 
  American 
  Homes 
  

  

  By 
  Paul 
  Thurston 
  

  

  Four 
  Houses 
  at 
  W 
  ayne, 
  Pennsylvania 
  

  

  NE 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  difficult 
  problems 
  which 
  

   confronts 
  all 
  architects 
  is 
  the 
  building 
  of 
  

   inexpensive 
  houses 
  that 
  contain 
  character- 
  

   istics 
  which 
  make 
  them 
  distinctive 
  and, 
  at 
  

   the 
  same 
  time, 
  embrace 
  all 
  the 
  features 
  

   and 
  comforts 
  of 
  the 
  modern 
  up-to-date 
  

   house. 
  

  

  While 
  the 
  plans 
  of 
  each 
  of 
  these 
  four 
  houses 
  designed 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  Laurence 
  Vissher 
  Boyd, 
  architect, 
  of 
  Philadelphia, 
  Pa., 
  

   which 
  are 
  illustrated 
  herewith, 
  are 
  somewhat 
  similar 
  in 
  the 
  

   arrangement 
  of 
  their 
  rooms, 
  showing 
  the 
  same 
  number 
  of 
  

  

  them, 
  this 
  is 
  the 
  result 
  of 
  much 
  specialized 
  study 
  by 
  the 
  

   architect. 
  A 
  greater 
  freedom 
  was 
  exercised 
  in 
  the 
  designing 
  

   of 
  the 
  exteriors, 
  the 
  object 
  being 
  to 
  avoid, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  possible, 
  

   a 
  development 
  along 
  one 
  line. 
  

  

  The 
  house 
  presented 
  in 
  Figs. 
  3 
  and 
  4 
  is 
  eminently 
  simple. 
  

   The 
  terrace 
  porch 
  of 
  the 
  front 
  is 
  inclosed 
  within 
  a 
  balustrade 
  

   and 
  is 
  partly 
  covered 
  by 
  a 
  hood 
  supported 
  on 
  wooden 
  brack- 
  

   ets; 
  an 
  old 
  armed 
  settle 
  stands 
  at 
  one 
  side. 
  A 
  living-porch, 
  

   isolated 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  house, 
  is 
  reached 
  from 
  the 
  hall. 
  

  

  The 
  building 
  has 
  a 
  rock-faced 
  stone 
  underpinning, 
  and 
  the 
  

   superstructure, 
  from 
  the 
  underpinning 
  to 
  the 
  peak, 
  is 
  covered 
  

  

  First 
  Floor 
  Plaai 
  

  

  Second 
  Floor 
  Pla/i 
  

  

  2 
  — 
  Similarity 
  in 
  Plan 
  by 
  no 
  Means 
  Necessitates 
  Similarity 
  in 
  Exterior 
  Design 
  

  

  