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The quaintness of effect of this cottage of stucco is due largely to its 
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by dormer windows 
broad roof surfaces which are entirely unbroken 
A Cottage of Stucco 
By Robert Leonard Ames 
promo |ASTEFUL simplicity of design and careful 
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arrangement of floor plans are the two chief 
characteristics of this cottage built at Boon- 
ton, N:. J., by Mr. William -C. Lauritzen, 
a New York architect. The house is really 
much more spacious than its appearance 
would indicate, for in spite of its apparent small size it 
contains eight rooms and two bathrooms, abundant space for 
storage and a veranda area about equal to that of a room. 
Upon a concrete foundation are walls of 
stucco applied upon metal lathing which is 
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usual number of bedrooms besides the usual living-rooms 
and service quarters and the plan gives to each department 
of the house the completeness it requires without sacrificing 
the privacy which is necessary. The main entrance opens 
into a small hall and then into a large living-room 
well lighted by three windows. At one side of the room 
is a wide fireplace lined and faced with brick and with a 
hearth of brick laid in “herring-bone” pattern. Built-in 
bookcases are fitted into the recesses thus formed. Beyond 
| the living-room are dining-room, pantry and 
Pa sae | kitchen with its service entrance, which is hid- 
stretched upon the usual framework of wood. 
den by a trellis upon which climbing roses are 
The walls are of a slightly roughened surface 
stained a pale gray and the trim is of wood, 
already being trained. The rest of the main 
floor is given up to two bedrooms and their 
painted white, with heavy wooden shutters fez]) 
painted olive green. The roof is of shingles 
stained a dull, dark red. A broad veranda 
bath, and these rooms are entered from their 
own hall, which separates them from the liv- 
ing-room and gives them a seclusion which is 
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extends across the greater part of the front 
and the plan provides for a flooring of large eat 
“quarries” outlined with brick laid on edge. 
The four columns which support the roof are 
of the rough gray stucco, of which the house itself is built, 
and their simple Doric capitals are in complete accord with 
the direct and straightforward character of the building. 
This house was planned for a family requiring an un- 
First floor plan 
| seldom given to first floor sleeping-rooms. 
Both bedrooms have ample closets, and a linen 
\ closet is provided in the hall, which also con- 
tains the stairway which leads to the upper 
floor by an ascent in a perfectly straight line. : 
The second story is divided into three bedrooms and a 
bathroom and there is a large attic for storage which could 
easily be made into more bedrooms, lighted and ventilated 
