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rooms, six closets 
and a bathroom on 
the second floor. 
The bathroom is 
well fitted up with 
a porcelain lined 
bath tub, and the 
other usual  fix- 
tures, furnished 
with exposed _nick- 
elplated plumbing. 
A cellar under the 
entire house has a 
cemented bottom 
and it contains a 
furnace and_ fuel 
rooms. [The cost 
of this house is 
three thousand 
dollars. 
The house of E. 
A. McVitty, Esq., 
at Merion, Pa., is 
quite unlike any of 
the other houses il- 
lustrated in this se- 
ries and forms an 
interesting type of 
the modern house 
as shown in Fig- 
ure 2. 
The beauty of 
this design lies in 
the careful treat- 
ment of its square 
simple lines. It is 
simple in all its 
forms and is well 
adapted for a sub- 
AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 
urban site upon which it is now situated. 
of a combination of stone and stucco. 
are constructed of local rock-faced stone, laid with wide mor- 
The house is built 
The first story walls 
The Plans of the Gambrel-Roofed House 
in a soft brown. 
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isco" 
FLOOR - PLAN 
April, 1906 
tar joints; the sec- 
ond story and ga- 
bles are covered 
with stucco of a 
very rough cast, 
left in its natural 
silver gray color. 
The columns of 
the “piazza “age 
made of a similar 
stucco. [The trim- 
mings are painted 
a dark bottle 
green. The blinds 
are also painted 
green, and the sol- 
id wooden _ blinds 
of the first story, 
with their  half- 
moons, are charac- 
teristic of the Phil- 
adelphia house. 
The roof is cov= 
ered with shingles 
and stained a deep 
red. 
The lower floor 
of the house is ar- 
ranged so as to 
give a delightful 
feeling of space 
and freedom. It 
has a central hall, 
at. the end Yon 
which there is a 
semi-boxed st ai r- 
way with ornamen- 
tal balustrade. 
This hall, and also 
the entire house is trimmed with chestnut, stained and finished 
The living-room opens from a broad opening, is of large 
6—The Porch May Be Left Open and Provided with a Permanent Settle, or It May Be Inclosed and Used as a Room 
