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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



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|XE of the difficulties of successfully plan- 

 ning a suburban home of somewhat more 

 than average size is that of giving the build- 

 ing th.r. intimate air of domesticity which 

 Americans expect in all but the most formal 

 of dwellings. That the problem is some- 



times happily solved, however, may be seen from a study 

 of these floor plans, which show a residence of rather more 

 than usual size, and of the exterior, which has been so 

 handled that it possesses the quaintness which one feels 

 should belong to a home in the country or semi-suburbs. 



The case under discussion is the home of Mr. A. R. 

 Briggs, built by Mr. E. G. W. Dietrich, of New York. 

 Here, surrounded by an expanse of velvet lawn and en- 

 vironed by shrubbery banked against its walls, is a struc- 

 ture of stone combined with shingles weathered to the gray, 

 which nature provides for plain wooden surfaces that are 

 exposed to the weather. The trimmings are of ivory-white, 



in happy contrast with walls of stone or of shingles. 

 The roof has not been cut up by introducing the usual 

 dormers which so often mar the beauty even though they 

 increase the comfort of the home. The windows at the 

 front of the house, upon the second floor, are carefully 

 placed in one group which affords sunlight and ventilation 

 without breaking the roof lines as is ordinarily the case. 

 The eaves are brought down over a broad veranda and 

 the entrance is into a wide entrance hall where a fireplace 

 with built-in settle repeats the note of welcome and cheer 

 indicated without. This quality is emphasized in the living- 

 room with its fireplace within an alcove and flanked by more 

 built-in seats beneath the windows. The floor of the alcove 

 is paved with tiles and at either side are low bookcases. 

 The ceiling of the living-room is heavily beamed. Oppo- 

 site is the dining-room and close at hand are the pantry and 

 kitchen, and upon the upper floors are the spacious sleep- 

 ing-room and bathrooms for the family, guests and servants. 



Road front of the house of Mr. A. R. Briggs, Jamestown, New York 



