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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



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 later, to the creative ability 

 of our present day masters 

 of domestic architecture, of 

 which, happily, America 

 boasts of many. As an ex- 

 ample of the small house in- 

 spired by Colonial precedent, 



one may take that owned by Mr. John Hobbs, of Pelham 

 Heights, New York, shown on pages 147 and 148, of which 

 the Milligan Company was builder and architect. From 

 the Dutch Colonial type the gambril roof was derived, 

 while the introduction of stone in the walls of the dining- 

 room corner of the house and in the entrance-porch and the 

 covered veranda is as pleasing as the stone work of the 

 house types of the Pennsylvania Colonial period. This 

 house follows an excellent plan for the first floor and also 

 for the second floor. Although the entrance from outside 

 is directly into the living-room, without intermediary hall- 

 way or vestibule, this living-room is so well arranged that 

 this abrupt entrance does not appear to be an intrusion. 



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of interest to note that the 

 same floor plans were used, 

 with slight modifications, in 

 the construction of all three 

 houses. This is an instance 



of the practicability of ob- 

 House or Mrs. Wm. J. 1 ynan. Glen Kidge, New Jersey . • ■ i- • ., 



6 j j taming distinctly varying ex- 



terior effects in a number of houses that follow the same 

 floor plans. Unlike the plan of the Hobbs house, that of 

 the Tynan houses gives entrance upon a vestibule and hall, 

 but both plans have in common the separation of kitchen 

 and dining-room by a passageway. The generous size of 

 the bathroom in the Tynan house will commend itself to 

 the attention of the homemaker, as it will again in the 

 beautiful half-timber small house also pictured on page 149. 

 This half-timber house is the home of J. A. Klemann, 

 Jr., Bronxville, New York, and was designed by the late 

 C. A. Reed, architect, New York. Here we see 

 how strong the English influence has been, although the 

 fenestration has been planned to allow for more sunlight 



The porch, which is reached from the living-room by French than is usual in cottages of the European prototype. The 



windows either side of the fireplace, is the most attractive 

 feature of the house. The second floor is given up to three 

 large bedrooms, the bathrooms and a sewing-room. The 

 ample closet room provided by the architect is one of the 

 most successful parts of the division scheme and is well 

 worth study by the prospective house-planner. 



At the bottom of page 148 are pictured three interesting 

 houses at Glen ^^_^_____^__^^_^_______^__ 



Ridge, New Jersey, 

 designed by Frances 

 Tynan, architect. 

 Mrs. Tynan's house 

 (the center one of 

 the three) is again 

 shown in the illustra- 

 tion at the top of 

 page 149, together 

 with the set of plans 

 for the first and sec- 

 ond floors of this 

 thoroughly well- 

 planned house. It is 



Klemann house presents a plan both compact and con- 

 venient for the very small family, and it is interesting to 

 note how ingeniously the architect gave to its "best side" 

 the bedrooms, reserving for the other the bathroom, stair- 

 well and closet room. Few small houses have been more 

 picturesquely situated or more delightfully set off by judici- 

 ous planting than has this very picturesque half-timber house. 



One of the most 

 interesting, practical 

 and original groups 

 of small houses is 

 that at El Mora, 

 New Jersey. All 

 these houses (shown 

 on pages 150, 151, 

 and 152) were de- 

 signed by Robert C. 

 Edwards, architect, 

 New York, and 

 while the various ex- 

 teriors are quite dif- 

 ferent, in many re- 



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The half-timber small house owned by J. A. Klemann, Jr., Bronxville, New York 



Second floor plan 



