AMERICAN -HOMES AND GARDENS 



January, 1910 



Some Eastern Homes Costmg From 

 Seven to Eight Thousand Dollars 



By Francis Durando Nichols 



NE of the most important principles to he which is supported on hrackets. The walls of the living- 

 considered in the huilding of a suhurban room are covered with a two-toned brown wall-paper. The 

 home is that which affects the physical, dining-room is octangular in form. It has a wall-covering 

 mental and moral well-being of the pros- of a plain yellow green tone from the base to the plate 

 pective home-builder. A second principle rack, which last extends around the room. The space above 

 which is equally important is the element the plate rack is covered with a forest green wall-paper in 

 of sincerity expressed in the designing of an effective manner. The fireplace, built in one corner of 

 a house in a style of architecture which will be permanent, the room, is constructed of red Roman brick. The mantle 



and characteristic of all 

 that is best in art expres- 

 sion. 



The architects, Messrs. 

 Freeman anti Hasselman, 

 of New York, have given 

 much thought to the de- 

 signing of the houses illu:- 

 trated in this group, and 

 have designed them so that 

 they will meet all necessary 

 requirements, in the exter- 

 ior design and in the in- 

 terior arrangement of the 

 various rooms. 



The houses illustrated 

 herewith were built at 

 "Oakcroft," Upper Mont- 

 clair, New Jersey, and they 

 are representative of the 

 best type of modern resi- 

 dence. While the interior 

 arrangement of all the 

 houses is similar, the archi- 

 tects have designed the ex- 

 teriors in different forms 

 and styles in order to make 

 each house sufficiently dis- 

 tinctive. 



The house erected for J. 

 H. Walter Lemkau, Esq., 

 Figures i, 2, 3 and 4, is 

 built in a simple and artis- 

 tic manner. The exterior 

 walls are of frame construction covered with metal lath, house shown in Figure 2 



Figure 1 — The staircase of Mr. Lemkaus house has a newell post ex- 

 tending from floor to ceiling 



has a combination china 

 closet, built in over the 

 mantle shelf with doors 

 glazed with plate glass in 

 small lights. The kitchen 

 is trimmed with cypress 

 finished natural. It has a 

 white-tiled wainscoting, and 

 is provided with all the best 

 appointments, including a 

 large butler's pantry, a pot 

 closet with outside win- 

 dow, a sink, and a lobby 

 large enough to admit an 

 ice-box. The second floor 

 contains four bedrooms, 

 and a bathroom, while the 

 third floor comprises two 

 bedrooms, a bath, and a 

 trunkroom. The bedrooms 

 have white painted trim, 

 and floors stained a Flem- 

 ish brown. The bathroom 

 has a tiled wainscoting, and 

 porcelain fixtures, with ex- 

 posed nickel-plated plumb- 

 ing. The cellar contains a 

 laundry, storage-room, 

 steam-heating apparatus, 

 and fuel room. 



The house built for John 



L. Parrish, Esq., as shown 



in Figures 9, 10 and 11, is 



of a similar plan as the 



rhe exterior, however, has been 



then coated with cement stucco, and tinted a natural silver changed, sufficiently to give it a different effect. The ver- 



gray. This color blends well with the gray painted trim and satility of the architect is well demonstrated in these two 



the sea-green stained shingled roof. The entrance to the houses, for while the plans are similar, the exteriors are 



house is reached through a vestibule, which is provided with changed in such a manner as to present a characteristic dif- 



an inner door, glazed with beveled plate glass, extending ference. The yellowish gray-tinted stucco of the walls of 



the full height of the door. The hall has a staircase, with Mr. Parrish's house, the gray-green of the trimmings, and 



a newell post rising to the ceiling, and supporting an arch, the mottled-green stain of its shingled roof, make a har- 



The balusters of the staircase are cut out of red oak in an monious tone of color. The hall is trimmed with oak, and 



ornamental manner. The living-room extends across the has an ornamental staircase, with a panelled seat. The 



front of the house, in the front wall of which is built a group living and dining-rooms have fireplaces built of Roman 



of small latticed windows, while on the opposite side of the brick with the facings and hearth of a similar brick and 



room there is an open fireplace, built of brick, with facings finished with a wooden mantle shelf supported on corbeled 



and hearth of Roman brick extending to the mantle shelf, brackets. Both are trimmed with oak, and the living-room 



