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grained Georgia pine, except in the first story hall, where 
quartered oak is used. The third story contains two large 
and bedroom, besides ample storage space. 
The cellar has an artificial stone floor and contains laundry, 
toilet, fuel bins, etc. The house is heated 
by a furnace and is lighted by electricity and gas, and is 
provided with electric bells and speaking tubes. Mr. A. F. 
Norris, of 150 Nassau Street, New York, was the architect 
of this house. 
Tittany and Company have built for their em- 
ployees at Forest Hills, New Jersey, and within close prox- 
imity to their manufacturing plant, a series of attractive 
houses of which two types are shown in the illustrations Fig- 
ures 4 and 5. In this “material age” it is pleasing to find 
that there is some one who desires to provide the working 
man with a proper house to live in and give him an environ- 
ment different from the one that usually surrounds the typical 
rented house of this class. It is also pleasing and encourag- 
ing to find an architect who is sufficiently interested in this 
class of work to give it careful consideration. The houses 
shown, while of a similar character, are different only so far 
as the roofs are concerned; the one, Figure 4, having a low 
roof and containing no rooms on the third floor, while the 
other house, Figure 5, with a pitched roof affords ample 
space for two good sized bedrooms. 
The first story is built of red brick laid in red mortar, while 
the second story is of frame, which is covered with sheathing, 
good building paper and shingles stained a dark reddish 
brown, while the trimmings are painted a darker shade. The 
roof is covered with slate. A feature of the plan is the porch, 
Figure 6, which is placed at the level of the grade and which 
is provided with a paneled seat; one of the illustrations, 
Figure 7, shows how the porch can be enclosed with glass 
for winter use. 
The hall contains an ornamental staircase at the side of 
which stairs descend to the side entrance to the cellar. This 
hall, as well as the entire house, is trimmed with white wood 
and finished natural with hard oil and varnish. The parlor 
or living-room is provided with an open fireplace built of red 
brick, and fitted with a neat mantel. The dining-room, of 
good dimensions, has a china closet built in one corner of the 
room. The kitchen is provided with all the modern conven- 
iences, and it includes a range, laundry tubs, sink, pantry, etc. 
There are four bedrooms and a bathroom on the second 
floor. The bathroom is fitted with porcelain fixtures and ex- 
posed nickelplated plumbing. As already mentioned, the 
house, Figure 5, with the high-pitched roof has two bed- 
rooms in the attic, while the other, Figure 4, has an open 
attic. here is a cellar under the entire house with cemented 
bottom containing the heating apparatus and fuel rooms. 
This house cost thirty-five hundred dollars complete. Mr. 
Charles T. Mott, of 35 West 31st Street, New York, was 
the architect of both of these houses, which are typical of 
one small 
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several which he has built for Messrs. Tiffany and Company 
at Forest Hills. 
Figure 8 presents a house of distinctive character from 
the other houses shown in this series. It is square in form, 
simple in detail, and of Colonial style in its treatment. It 
was built for Mr. George W. Hunter, at University Heights, 
N. Y., and is quite appropriate for the suburban site with 
which this village is so famous. ‘The exterior features are the 
attractive piazza, which extends across the front, the balcony 
with its hooded cover, and the trellis work placed at each cor- 
ner of the house upon which there are crimson ramblers 
being grown. 
The under-pinning is built of local rock-faced stone. The 
exterior, above, is covered with cypress shingles, laid in the 
old-fashioned style, 8 inches to the weather, and left to finish 
naturally. The trimmings are painted old ivory white. The 
roof is covered with shingles and stained a deep red. 
The interior throughout is trimmed with cypress. The en- 
trance is into a large living hall, which is treated with a 
weathered oak finish quite in harmony with the walls which 
are tinted a mustard yellow. Opposite the entrance is built 
an ingle-nook, which is separated by a massive beamed arch- 
way supported on columns. The fireplace has facings and 
hearth of Welsh tile, and a mantel of massive design. Pan- 
eled seats are placed at each side of the ingle-nook. The stair- 
case, of unique design, winds itself up around the chimney 
breast to the second story. The study, fitted with a similar 
trim, is placed conveniently to the right of the entrance, and 
is provided with bookcases built in at each side of its casement 
windows. 
The dining-room has a similar treatment. It has a plate- 
rack extending around the room, below which the walls are 
treated in a deep shade of delft blue, while above the plate- 
rack they are treated with a lighter shade of blue. The fea- 
ture of this dining-room is the fireplace, which has facings 
of delft tile, and a combination mantel with china cabinets. 
The kitchen trim is finished natural, and it contains all the 
modern conveniences, and with a back stairway in combina- 
tion with the front staircase. 
The second floor trim is treated in its natural wood, and 
contains four bedrooms fitted with large closets, and a bath- 
room. ‘This bathroom has a Keene cement wall which is 
treated with white enamel paint. It contains porcelain 
fixtures and exposed nickelplated plumbing. There are two 
bed-rooms and a trunk room on the third floor. A cemented 
cellar contains a combination furnace and hot water heating 
apparatus, laundry and fuel rooms. This house cost $6,000 
complete. Messrs. Janes and Leo, of 124 West 45th Street, 
New York, were the architects. 
The third and final series of ‘“The Model House,”’ which 
will appear in the April issue of AMERICAN HOMES AND 
GARDENS, will illustrate houses costing from sixty-six hun- 
dred to seventy-seven hundred dollars. 
