August, 1906 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



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are constructed of con- 

 crete. The kitchen and 

 laundry are lifted with all 

 the modern fixtures. 



The second floor con- 

 tains an open hall, three 

 bedrooms and a bathroom, 

 besides a servant's bed- 

 room. The bathroom is 

 furnished with porcelain 

 fixtures and expose d 

 nickelplated plumbing. 



The walls are plastered 

 and are tinted in colors 

 with artistic effect. 



The cellar contains the 

 heating apparatus, fuel 

 rooms and a cold storage. 



The house of Mr. Bas- 

 sett Jones at Bryn Mawr 

 Park, N. Y., as shown in 

 Figs. 21 and 22 and built 

 after the plans prepared 

 by Mr. Sullivan \V. Jones, 

 of New York City, is one 

 of the most interesting 

 houses of its class. 



It is constructed simi- 

 larly to the house shown 

 in Fig. 2, except that it is 

 planned after the bunga- 

 low type, with all the 

 rooms placed on one floor; 

 one square house, with 



wings extending at an angle from it in either direction. 

 This house has wooden floors and roof. The founda- 

 tions and the terrace walls are built of rock-faced stone. The 



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The Stairs and Hand-Rail 

 Treated with 



mi a 1 11 walls w ere con- 

 structed m one form from 

 its foundation to its root. 

 I he composition ol the 

 wall material is somewhat 

 different from the one 

 already described, a n d, 

 that is, it is composed of 

 one part of Portland ce- 

 ment and seven parts oi 

 cinders, the various in- 

 gredients of the cinders 

 forming a very compact 

 mass with the cement. 

 Alter the forms were re- 

 moved the exterior walls 

 were given a coat of rough 

 cast, composed of one part 

 "Giant" Portland cement. 

 and two and one-half parts 

 oi sand, the whole stippled 

 with a whisk-broom to give 

 it an uneven surface. The 

 timbers used in the forms 

 were reused in the con- 

 struction of the roof 

 and the interior, thereby 

 materially reducing the 

 cost. 



The roof, which is of 

 frame construction, is cov- 

 ered with shingles and 

 stained a moss green, har- 

 monizing well with the 

 soft gray of the cement color of the walls. The columns to the 

 piazza, which form the chief characteristic of the exterior, 

 are constructed of solid concrete. The building as already 



are Built of Reinforced Concrete 

 a Cement Tint 



2 1 — The House of Mr. Bassett Jones at Bryn Mawr Park, New York, has Reinforced Concrete Walls Finished with a Pebble Dash, and 



a Shingled Roof Stained a Moss Green with Good Effect 



