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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



July, 1913 



Entrance driveway to Ivy Court, Orange, New Jersey 



Ivy Court 



By Harry Martin Yeomans 

 Photographs by T. C. Turner 



been directed toward 

 designing small 

 houses for people of 

 average means, as at 

 the present time. 

 But with this renais- 

 sance in our domestic 

 architecture has come 

 a desire to have the 



HE great interest taken in recent years in 

 country and suburban living, has resulted in 

 the vast improvement to be noted in our do- 

 mestic architecture, especially as regards the 

 small house. Never before has the ability 

 and talent of so many of our good architects 



surroundings of a house such as will enhance its aesthetic 

 and architectural value in the landscape. The conscientious 

 architect of to-day not only designs a house but he gives 

 thought and attention to its immediate surroundings, so 

 that the creation of his art and ability will have an agree- 

 able setting and look as though it belonged to that par- 

 ticular spot. 



In this regard we 

 have learned much 

 from the town plan- 

 ning and the model 

 town communities of 

 England, where one 

 will sometimes see 

 picturesque thatched- 



First and second floor plans of the house shown in the illustration above 





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This is an excellent example of a double house. The entrance doors 



and wrought iron balconies are worthy of note. The first and second 



story plans of the right hand half of this are here shown 



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