August, 1906 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



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have been obtained 

 with a four-inch 

 block, but this is too 

 small to be cast hol- 

 low, and the actual 

 material would be 

 about the same for 

 both the four-inch 

 and six-inch block, 

 and the thicker 

 block gives a more 

 satisfactory jamb 

 for the doors and 

 trim. The faces of 

 these partitions, as 

 well as the walls and 

 ceilings, are in the 

 main plastered with 

 pulp plaster, which 

 has the advantage 

 of giving a soft and 

 pleasing effect. 

 Moreover, it can be 

 tinted or adapted to 

 various applied dec- 

 orations. Some of 

 the walls are, how- 

 ever, covered with 

 burlap tacked to 

 one-half inch strips 

 put in after the walls 

 and partitions were 

 completed. 



The house stands by itself on a large corner lot, the two 

 principal sides being flanked by a terrace, the wall of which 

 is built of blocks a little wider than the rest, and having 

 plain edges. The front entrance as seen in Fig. 16 is cov- 

 ered with a hood built entirely of concrete, the brackets and 

 roof being reinforced with plain round rods. On one side 

 of the house is a veranda, the columns of which are built of 

 large blocks and carrying a balustrade of interlaced blocks. 



1 5 — Leaded Glass Windows and a Pergola Lend Character to the Building 



This construction is 

 better shown in Fig. 

 16. On the same 

 side of the house 

 and a little toward 

 the rear is a pergola, 

 the columns o f 

 which are built up 

 square, with girders 

 of reinforced con- 

 crete carrying raft- 

 ers of small poles 

 Kit with the bark 

 on. With these 

 covered with twin- 

 ing grape-vines the 

 place will be one of 

 beauty as well as 

 usefulness. This 

 p e r g o 1 a is shown 

 in more detail in 

 Fig. 15. 



The roof is of 

 somewhat novel 

 construction, the 

 fireproofing system 

 being also carried 

 out here. The raft- 

 ers are reinforced 

 with "Kahn" bars, 

 and over these is 

 laid a slab of con- 

 crete reinforced 

 with plain round rods placed both vertically and horizontally 

 on the roof surface. The top is of a richer composition, and 

 although it has been through a number of both summer and 

 winter storms, no sign of a leak has appeared. The slab 

 forming the roof extends down to form a cornice, thus com- 

 pleting the frame without a single piece of wood. The 

 gutters are formed in the roof by embedding a wire mesh 

 bent to the proper angle and the concrete troweled around 



1 6 The Hood Over the Entrance- Way, and the Columns to the Porch are Made 



or Reinforced Concrete 



I 7 — The Rear Outside Steps are Cast in 

 One Form 



