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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



July, 1906 



rooms. Cost $5,700 complete. The architects were Messrs. 

 Gay and Proctor, of Boston. Mass. 



A House at Montclair, New Jersey 



The quaint and interesting house illustrated in Figure 7 

 was erected for A. H. 

 Dodd, Esq., at Montclair, 

 New Jersey. 



The underpinning i s 

 built of limestone rubble, 

 and laid in cement mortar. 

 The exterior is covered 

 with shingles and left to 

 weather finish a natural 

 silvery gray color. The 

 trimmings are painted 

 white, and the blinds bottle 

 green. The roof is also 

 covered with shingles. 



The plan shows a 

 square hall. It is trimmed 

 with cypress and finished 

 natural, and contains an 

 ornamental staircase. The 

 living-room i s trimmed 

 with pine and treated with 

 white paint. It has an at- 

 tractive bay-window with 

 paneled seats, and an open 

 fireplace built of brick with 

 the facings of the same 

 and a hearth laid herring- 

 bone style. The den is 

 painted black and the walls 

 are treated with crimson 

 burlap. 



The dining-room i s 

 trimmed with white pine 

 treated with white paint 

 and has an open fireplace 

 similar to the one in the 

 living-room, and a china 

 closet with leaded glass 



doors built in at the side. The butler's pantry is fitted com- 

 plete, and the kitchen and its dependencies are furnished with 

 all the best modern conveniences. 



The second floor is treated with white paint, and contains 

 four bedrooms, with large closets, linen closet and two bath- 

 rooms; the latter are furnished with porcelain fixtures and 

 exposed nickelplated plumb- 

 ing. The third floor con- 

 tains the servants' quarters 

 and ample storage. A 



cemented cellar contains a laundry, heating apparatus, fuel 

 rooms, etc. Messrs. Howard and D. E. Waid of New York 

 were the architects. 



All these houses have an interest of their own quite apart 

 from that which attaches to their cost. They are houses of 



excellent type; well built, 

 planned in a thoroughly 

 economical manner, de- 

 signed in quiet taste, and 

 finely adapted to the in- 

 dividual personal require- 

 ments of their owners. 

 They illustrate, in a very 

 marked degree, the mod- 

 erate priced house of the 

 better class, just such 

 houses as most people 

 want to have, and exactly 

 the kind that every one is 

 looking for. 



In designing houses of 

 this type it is apparent that 

 the first and chief consid- 

 eration, if, indeed, it be 

 not the only one, has been 

 an economical utilization 

 of space. The architect's 

 first business is to plan 

 well, and this means, in 

 most instances, planning 

 economically. And the 

 meaning of this is obvious, 

 for economical planning 

 means the best disposition 

 of space. In itself this is 

 something different from 

 getting the largest number 

 of rooms within a given 

 area. That is often de- 

 sirable and sometimes im- 

 perative ; but more than 

 mere number of apart- 

 ments is needed in a well- 

 planned house. The rooms must be properly related to each 

 other and thoroughly adapted to their use. A good plan 

 obtained, the architect proceeds to his elevation. This of- 

 fers no difficulty to the designer of good taste, skill and real 

 ability. His foundations being good, the superstructure par- 

 takes of the same excellent character. No part of the work 



is "easy," and if these 

 houses here illustrated are 

 good, it is chiefly because 

 they have been well 

 studied in every part. 



-The House, Covered with Shingles on Both Sides and Roof, Has Latticed 

 and Bay Windows Which are the Features of the Exterior 



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