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the front of the house, and off the living-room, is the dining- 
room, fitted in an artistic manner and from which the stairs 
to the second floor ascend. 
convenient manner, with modern fixtures. 
The kitchen is furnished in a 
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bedrooms and a bathroom on the second floor; the latter is 
wainscoted and furnished with modern fixtures and exposed 
plumbing. A cemented cellar contains the heating apparatus 
and fuel rooms. This house cost $1,700 complete. 
The house of Mr. Marshall Hale, at South Haven, Mich. 
(Figs. 7 and 8), presents a good example of what can be 
done for the small cost of $2,400. ‘There is a cemented 
cellar under the house, containing a furnace, fuel rooms, etc. 
The foundation is of cement stone. The exterior walls are 
covered with red cedar shingles from the Pacific slope, which 
are left to weather finish. ‘The gables and dormers are fin- 
ished with rough caste and painted a cream color, while all 
the cornices and trimming are painted white. The roof is 
covered with shingles. The porch, while roomy, is so ar- 
ranged that it does not shut out the sun from the rooms. 
Entering from the porch into the hall one finds the library 
to the right, which is separated from the 
hall by a beam supported on columns. 
The stairway is screened from the en- 
13—A $1,200 House Constructed of Stucco with Stucco Columns 
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and fitted with a lavatory, is so placed as to provide con- 
venient access to the front of the house. 
room opens from the kitchen and provides ample space for 
the refrigerator, etc. A short flight of steps from the kitchen 
leads to a landing, from which one may 
pass either to the cellar or out of doors. 
The second story contains the owner’s 
suite, consisting of one large room, two 
large closets and one dressing-room. 
From this dressing-room an entrance is 
made to the bathroom, which also has a 
door to the hall. ‘There are also two 
other bedrooms on this floor. The prin- 
cipal rooms of the first story are trimmed 
with oak floors. ‘The remainder of the 
rooms of the house are finished with 
North Carolina pine trim and floors, all 
of which are treated in their natural 
state, with hard oil and varnish. ‘The 
plan of this house is very compact, and 
its rooms are of good size and are well 
planned in their relation to each other. 
The first floor is specially well planned 
with broad openings, which permit of the 
entire floor being thrown into one large 
apartment when the occasion requires, 
and the second floor, with its hall from 
which all the rooms open, is most 
complete. 
In presenting this series of houses, 
with the cost for which they were 
actually built, it must be taken into con- 
sideration that the cost of building a house varies, according 
to the locality in which it is built. ; 
In some places the cost of building a house is very much 
more expensive than in other places, or it might be less as 
the case may be according to the cost of materials and labor 
required for a particular house. 
The cost of building a house in the suburbs of New York 
City is about twenty-five per cent. higher than in the western 
part of the state, consequently, this will explain the point, and 
that is, that the difference in the cost of building in one part of 
the state is quite different from another, and so it is with the 
Eastern and Western States; the same difference prevailing. 
The second series of ‘““The Model House,” containing a 
group of houses costing from three to six thousand dollars, 
will appear in the April issue of THE AMERICAN Homes 
AND GARDENS. 
A good sized store- 
trance by being placed at one corner of 
the hall and having balusters extending 
to the ceiling. The bay window, or main 
landing, has a paneled seat. The library 
has a brick fireplace and mantel. The liv- | 
ing-room is placed at the left of the hall, | 
and has a large bay window at one corner | 
of the room. It is separated from the 
dining-room by double sliding doors. 
The dining-room is of good size and | 
communicates with the kitchen by the 
way of the pantry, which is fitted with 
cases at either side, broad shelves and | 
self-closing doors. The kitchen is small, ‘i 
but has been well studied, so that all toss 
necessary fixtures are nicely provided — 
for, and leaving ample working space. 
A coat room, opening from the kitchen 
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14—The Plan Shows the Entrance into the eeineneon which is Made 
the Principal Feature of the House 
