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  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  November, 
  1907 
  

  

  A 
  Half-timbered 
  and 
  Stucco 
  House 
  

  

  By 
  John 
  Mair 
  

  

  SMALL 
  country 
  house 
  built 
  for 
  J. 
  L. 
  Bailey, 
  

   Esq., 
  at 
  Wynnewood, 
  Pa., 
  designed 
  in 
  the 
  

   English 
  style 
  and 
  constructed 
  of 
  stucco 
  and 
  

   half-timber 
  work, 
  presents 
  the 
  expression 
  

   of 
  what 
  an 
  architect 
  can 
  do 
  when 
  he 
  tries 
  

   to 
  attain 
  a 
  true 
  domestic 
  quality 
  in 
  his 
  work, 
  

   and 
  gives 
  a 
  real 
  feeling 
  of 
  home. 
  Messrs. 
  

   Bailey 
  and 
  Bassett, 
  architects 
  of 
  Philadelphia, 
  who 
  make 
  a 
  

   specialty 
  of 
  this 
  class 
  of 
  work, 
  have 
  evolved 
  a 
  system 
  by 
  

   which 
  the 
  planning 
  of 
  a 
  house 
  of 
  this 
  character 
  and 
  the 
  many 
  

   problems 
  which 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  overcome 
  are 
  greatly 
  reduced, 
  as 
  

   shown 
  by 
  the 
  results 
  attained. 
  

  

  One 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  important 
  of 
  these 
  is 
  the 
  solution 
  of 
  that 
  

   ever 
  present 
  question 
  of 
  the 
  servants' 
  rooms 
  in 
  relation 
  to 
  the 
  

   part 
  of 
  the 
  house 
  occupied 
  by 
  the 
  family. 
  Under 
  the 
  usual 
  

   conditions 
  of 
  modern 
  life 
  these 
  two 
  separate 
  communities 
  

   must 
  be 
  accommodated 
  under 
  the 
  same 
  roof 
  and 
  with 
  due 
  

   regard 
  for 
  the 
  privacy 
  and 
  comfort 
  of 
  each. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  enough 
  

   to 
  consider 
  the 
  position 
  of 
  the 
  rooms 
  alone, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  equally 
  

   important 
  that 
  the 
  various 
  routes 
  taken 
  by 
  the 
  family 
  and 
  

   the 
  servants 
  should 
  be 
  as 
  distinct 
  as 
  possible, 
  and 
  this 
  the 
  

   architects 
  have 
  been 
  quite 
  successful 
  in 
  doing, 
  as 
  is 
  shown 
  in 
  

   the 
  plans. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  house 
  of 
  moderate 
  proportions, 
  and 
  shows 
  

   this 
  ques- 
  

  

  how 
  far 
  

   tion 
  has 
  

   able 
  of 
  

   under 
  

  

  been 
  cap- 
  

   treatment 
  

   the 
  c 
  i 
  r 
  - 
  

  

  cumstances. 
  A 
  door 
  

   from 
  the 
  main 
  

   hall 
  closes 
  the 
  ser- 
  

   vice 
  end 
  from 
  the 
  

   main 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   house, 
  and 
  the 
  rela- 
  

   tive 
  position 
  of 
  the 
  

   kitchen 
  and 
  serv- 
  

   ants' 
  rooms 
  prevents 
  

   the 
  passage 
  of 
  sound 
  

   and 
  kitchen 
  odors 
  to 
  

   the 
  main 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   dwelling. 
  

  

  The 
  main 
  en- 
  

   trance 
  is 
  inclosed 
  

   with 
  a 
  rock-faced 
  

   stone 
  terrace 
  which 
  

   extends 
  across 
  part 
  

   of 
  the 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  

   house 
  to 
  the 
  car- 
  

   riage 
  drive, 
  permit- 
  

   ting 
  of 
  another 
  

   means 
  of 
  reaching 
  

   the 
  entrance. 
  

  

  The 
  design 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  The 
  Agreeable 
  Exterior 
  of 
  a 
  Well 
  Planned 
  House 
  

  

  exterior 
  is 
  excellent, 
  and 
  its 
  small-lighted 
  windows, 
  its 
  mas- 
  

   sive 
  chimney, 
  and 
  its 
  attractive 
  dormers 
  lend 
  character 
  to 
  the 
  

   whole 
  general 
  scheme. 
  The 
  walls 
  above 
  the 
  underpinning 
  

   are 
  of 
  rock-faced 
  stone 
  constructed 
  of 
  stucco 
  of 
  a 
  soft 
  gray 
  

   color, 
  while 
  the 
  trimmings 
  and 
  half-timber 
  work 
  is 
  stained 
  a 
  

   soft 
  brown. 
  The 
  roof 
  is 
  covered 
  with 
  shingles 
  and 
  stained 
  

   a 
  soft 
  reddish 
  brown 
  color. 
  The 
  front 
  door 
  is 
  recessed 
  into 
  

   the 
  hall, 
  thereby 
  forming 
  an 
  outer 
  vestibule 
  in 
  which 
  there 
  

   are 
  placed 
  seats 
  on 
  either 
  side. 
  

  

  The 
  hall 
  is 
  trimmed 
  with 
  chestnut 
  finished 
  in 
  Flemish 
  

   brown. 
  It 
  has 
  a 
  paneled 
  wainscoting 
  and 
  an 
  ornamental 
  

   staircase 
  of 
  English 
  character 
  rising 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  second 
  floor. 
  

   The 
  ceiling 
  is 
  beamed, 
  forming 
  panels. 
  To 
  the 
  left 
  of 
  the 
  

   entrance 
  is 
  the 
  drawing-room, 
  which 
  is 
  treated 
  with 
  white 
  

   enamel 
  paint, 
  and 
  is 
  furnished 
  with 
  an 
  open 
  fireplace 
  with 
  

   tiled 
  facings 
  and 
  hearth 
  and 
  mantel. 
  The 
  library 
  beyond 
  is 
  

   trimmed 
  with 
  chestnut, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  finished 
  in 
  Flemish 
  brown. 
  

   It 
  has 
  a 
  paneled 
  seat 
  and 
  bookcases 
  built 
  in, 
  and 
  an 
  open 
  

   fireplace 
  built 
  of 
  brick, 
  with 
  the 
  facings 
  and 
  hearth 
  of 
  similar 
  

   brick, 
  and 
  a 
  mantel 
  of 
  good 
  design. 
  

  

  The 
  dining-room, 
  across 
  the 
  hall, 
  has 
  a 
  similar 
  treatment, 
  

   and 
  has 
  also 
  ceiling 
  beams. 
  A 
  door 
  opens 
  into 
  the 
  servants' 
  

   hall 
  and 
  the 
  butler's 
  pantry, 
  which 
  is 
  fitted 
  with 
  sink, 
  drawers 
  

  

  and 
  dresser. 
  The 
  

   kitchen 
  and 
  laundry 
  

   is 
  fitted 
  with 
  all 
  the 
  

   best 
  modern 
  conven- 
  

   iences. 
  

  

  The 
  second 
  floor 
  

   is 
  trimmed 
  with 
  

   chestnut, 
  and 
  con- 
  

   tains 
  five 
  bedrooms 
  

   and 
  two 
  bathrooms, 
  

   the 
  latter 
  furnished 
  

   with 
  tiled 
  wainscot- 
  

   ing 
  and 
  floor 
  and 
  

   porcelain 
  fixtures 
  

   and 
  exposed 
  nickel- 
  

   plated 
  plumbing. 
  

   The 
  arrangement 
  of 
  

   the 
  various 
  rooms 
  in 
  

   relation 
  to 
  the 
  bath- 
  

   rooms 
  is 
  quite 
  

   unique. 
  One 
  extra 
  

   guest 
  room, 
  two 
  

   servants' 
  rooms 
  and 
  

   bath 
  and 
  a 
  trunk 
  

   room 
  are 
  placed 
  on 
  

   the 
  third 
  floor. 
  A 
  

   cemented 
  cellar 
  con- 
  

   tains 
  a 
  heating 
  ap- 
  

   paratus, 
  etc. 
  

  

  