an 
placed in a recess and other casements reaching to the floor 
The bedrooms of the upper 
floor are lighted by windows placed in deep dormers for 
which the slope of the gambrel roof gives sufhcient space. 
which open upon a veranda. 
The little home 
of Mr. F. W. Kin- 
micott,. at. Has- 
brouck Heights, 
New Jersey, is as 
different as possible 
from the average 
suburban home and 
perhaps its being so 
out of the ordinary 
constitutes one of 
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its chief charms. 
When a house is 
said to be unusual it 
generally means 
that it is freakish, 
but nothing could 
be quainter and yet 
more practical and 
satisfying than this 
demure little cot- 
tage with its well- 
spaced windows, the hood across the front and the arrange- 
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Floor plans of the Kinnicott house 
ment of vestibule with its transom above the entrance. t 
Fully half of the space upon the lower floor is occupied by 
the living-room, into which the entrance door opens. A 
large fireplace is here built 
and at one side the stairway 
leads to the floor above. 
dhe stairs-are so arranged 
that they form a feature of 
considerable decorative 
value and connect from the 
landing with steps into the 
kitchen, which greatly in- 
creases their practical value. 
Just beyond the living-room 
is the dining-room, which 
connects through the pantry 
with the kitchen. A window 
in the living-room opens 
upon a veranda which is use- 
ful from a decorative as well 
as a practical standpoint, for 
it greatly extends the hori- 
zontal dimensions of the 
house and prevents what 
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would otherwise be a rather tall and narrow building. At 
the same time it provides with its screened openings the out- 
of-door lounging place which is obviously so very necessary 
for any completely successful country or suburban home. 
The house som 
Mr. E. Edwards, 
also at Hasbrouck 
Heights, which with 
its floor diagrams is 
shown on page 173, 
is an es pecralilay 
pleasing example of 
what we know as 
the Dutch Colonial 
type. No effort has 
been made to pre- 
serve the somewhat 
austere lines of the 
early Dutch archi- 
tecture, and the de- 
signing has been 
quite freely handled 
and yet kept within 
the boundaries of 
excellent taste. The 
cottage is two 
stories high, as houses of this kind of architecture are apt 
It presents a very broad and well balanced exterior 
with its entrance placed at the middle and the eaves brought 
low over the windows and shallow oriels of the ground 
floor. A pergola is extended 
across one entire end of the 
house and its timbers are 
supported upon fluted col- 
umns with Ionic capitals, 
which are also used at either 
side of the little entrance 
portico with its arched hood 
which covers the doorway. 
The gambrel roof is broken 
by three dormers with very 
simple pediments, and the 
windows which they contain 
are fitted with small panes, 
as are the windows of the 
house throughout. 
To afford as much space 
as possible for the main 
rooms upon the ground floor 
a departure has been made 
from the interior arrange- 
