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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



October, 1905 



ARTISTIC HOMES 



If you ever intend 



to build, send for the 



above $1.00 book to-day. 



ARTISTIC 

 HOMES 



A DOLLAR EOOK 

 OF MODERATE COST 

 HOUSE DESIGNS. 

 Printed on the best of 

 paper in 

 Edition dc Luxe. 

 Any one intending to 

 build should purchase 

 this new edition of 



ARTISTIC 

 HOMES 



HIGH-CLASS ARCHITECTURAL WORK. 



HERBERT C. CHIVERS 



127-7* STREET CONSULTING ST * L0UIS 



ARCHITECT 



No. 21. 5 tt. high ; 5 ft. 6 in. wide 



ARCHITECTURAL 

 FAIENCE 



FAIENCE TILE 

 y MANTELS 



tf][ What a good Mantel 

 TJI for DEN, Library, 

 or where old Mission 

 style is wanted. 



^1T Simple hut effective. 

 j\ R.ough surface tile, 

 6x12 inches. Best in 

 dull finish green. 



tfjT If you don't like 

 Ji this, we have others. 



'The Hartford 

 Faience Co. 



HARTFORD, CONN. 



art so undeniably cast in the mold of grace is 

 not to become lost. Mechanical genius gives 

 the practical substitute. The faultless rhythm 

 and unity of plan standing out in varied and 

 appropriate tints of Spanish tile, to be dupli- 

 cated in appearance and improved by material, 

 is an achievement that earns the praise of any 

 one at sight. Numerous examples of the work 

 may be seen in the fine catalogue easily pro- 

 curable from the Salem office. Among these 

 we mention the splendid results on the Rip 

 Van Winkle, at Buzzard's Bay, Mass.; the 

 Public Library, South Bend, Ind.; the Smed- 

 ley Library, Redlands, Cal. ; the Corcoran Art 

 Gallery, Washington, D. C. ; the Public 

 Library, Boston, Mass., and the Library of 

 Congress, Washington, D. C. Many other 

 structures, including fine residences, large 

 commercial buildings, court houses, stations, 

 hotels, schools and office edifices, illustrate 

 the scope of the roof work reached in the 

 employment of sheet metal tile and its acces- 

 sories. The display of designs by the art of 

 the half-tone is calculated in this large scaled 

 book to give a perfect duplicate of each. De- 

 tails like tile starting plate, valley pieces under 

 eaves, ridge cresting, eave courses, hip mold- 

 ings, finials, terminals, gable rolls, enriched 

 ribs, etc., are displayed so clearly that a perfect 

 conception of the patterns, whether marked by 

 relative plainness or extreme depth and bold- 

 ness, is realized. Many technical points are 

 given in construction and fastening, exposure 

 sizes, adjustment of hips, terminals, rolls, ribs, 

 on expansion, contraction, etc. The Mullins 

 Patent Metallic Roofing Tile is stamped in 

 large sheets, containing from ten to twenty em- 

 bossed tile in each sheet, thereby reducing the 

 number of joints around the tile and the conse- 

 quent liability of leakage. This enables a 

 roofer to apply it very rapidly and cheaply, as, 

 instead of handling about two hundred pieces 

 to a square roofing, as in the case of some other 

 metal and all terra cotta tile, it is only nec- 

 essary to deal with from eight to sixteen pieces 

 in laying a square of the Salem tile. This 

 alone recommends it to the practical roofer. 

 In using the tile roofing an advantage to the 

 architect is the fact that no special roof fram- 

 ing is necessary, as is the case with roofings 

 of heavy materials. The weight of the roofing 

 under notice is about one-sixth of that of terra 

 cotta, thereby admitting of the lightest possible 

 roof framing, and permitting its use on almost 

 any roof where shingles, iron or tin could be 

 employed. The beautiful dark bronze color 

 assumed by copper on exposure to the weather, 

 its remarkable durability, and the fact that it 

 can now be furnished at a very reasonable cost, 

 make it a most desirable material for use in 

 the many different styles of patent tile roof- 

 ing. To meet various contingencies of trade, 

 etc., however, the company will make Alcazar 

 and Spanish Tile Roofing in zinc and galvan- 

 ized steel, but none of its other designs in any- 

 thing but copper and zinc. All the different 

 styles of roofing can be furnished, made to fit 

 any particular tower, cone or bell-shaped roof, 

 and for such roofs, other than square or 

 octagon towers, all tiles are graduated. A 

 little acquaintance with the method of con- 

 struction and application of the patent Spanish 

 tile roof proves it to be exceedingly simple and 

 secure. It is absolutely storm and water 

 tight, and as expansion and contraction are 

 provided for, is guaranteed, when applied ac- 

 cording to directions, to remain perfect and 

 secure for years. The same construction is 

 used in fastening " American," " Columbian," 

 " Newport," " Saratoga," " Atlantic " and 

 " Buzzard's Bay " designs of Mullin's tile. 

 The firm also manufactures other architectural 

 sheet metal work, statuary, stamped steel row- 

 boats and launches. 



