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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



September, 1906 



10 — Mr. John Morton's Bungalow at Dongan Hills, Staten Island, Has Two Stories with Rooms in Each 



fixtures and exposed nickel-plated plumbing. The cost 

 of this house included fly-screens, light-fixtures, gas- and 



The exterior walls of the 

 superstructure, including the 

 roof, is covered with shin- 

 gles left to weather finish. 

 The trimmings are painted 

 white. 



The entrance is from the 

 entrance-porch into the 

 living-room, which is 

 treated with white-painted 

 trim and walls of Muresco 

 green. It contains an open 

 fireplace, with tiled facings 

 and hearth and mantel of 

 Colonial style. The dining- 

 room is treated in a similar 

 manner, and the whole 

 house has a white-painted 

 trim. A broad French win- 

 dow opens onto the living- 

 porch, which, in winter, is 

 inclosed with glass and heated. The ceiling of this porch is 

 plastered. The kitchen and servants' quarters are trimmed 



B£l> ROOM 



BED BOOM. 



1 1 — The Plans Show an Elongated Arrangement of Rooms, with Sleeping-Rooms on the Second Floor 



coal-range, and also the exterior and interior decorations with North Carolina pine, treated with oil and varnish. The 

 complete, together with all household accessories. three bedrooms on this floor are conveniently arranged, and 



Mr. John A. Mortons 



Bungalow at Dongan Hills 



Staten Island 



Another bungalow from 

 the plans of the same archi- 

 tect is the one built for Mr. 

 Morton, also at Dongan 

 Hills, Staten Island, and 

 presented in Figs. 10, II, 

 12, 13 and 14. It is 

 planned on the elongated 

 type, is sixty-four feet in 

 length, and is on the bunga- 

 low order of the modern- 

 ized type, with a sleeping- 

 suite of three rooms and 

 bath on the first floor, and 

 additional bedrooms, four 

 in number, and bathroom 

 on the second floor. There 

 is a cellar under the house 

 with a brick underpinning. 



1 2 — A Feature of the Exterior is the Long Gambreled Roof, and the Piazza, which in 



Winter is Inclosed with Glass 



