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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



March, iQio 



Reinforced concrete is used for the first story, and shingles for the second. A shingled roof with a thatched effect is the feature of the house 



The Home of A. F. Norris, Esq., Montclair, New Jersey 



By Francois Picard 



[R. NORRIS, who is the architect of his own with a broad landing and seat, is placed at the front of the 



house, has used a combination of concrete room, while at the opposite end of the room is built the 



and shingle in a most artistic manner. The great open fireplace, furnished with Welsh tiled facings 



first story, together with the steps and and hearth, and a mantel shelf. Bookcases are built in at 



porches, are of reinforced concrete. The each side of the fireplace. French windows open from the 



exterior wall surface is finished in its living-room to the living-porch, which is built at the side 



natural gray cement color. The second of the house. The dining-room is also trimmed with cypress, 



and third stories are of wood, and the exterior framework finished in Flemish brown, and it has an open fireplace, with 



is covereci with 



shingles, stained 



and finished to cor- 

 respond with the 

 color scheme of the 

 cement walls. The 

 roof is also covered 

 with shingles, laid 

 in an imitation of a 

 thatched roof. The 

 vestibule is reached 

 from the porch, at 

 the front of the 

 house, and forms 

 an access to the 

 small hall, from 

 which the dining- 

 room and living- 

 room are reached. 

 The last is finished 

 in cypress, in a soft 

 brown tone. The 

 staircase, rising out 

 of the living-room 



First floor plan 



facings of mottled 

 vitrified tile rising 

 from the floor to 

 the ceiling. 



The casings of 

 the doors and win- 

 dows reach from 

 the floor to the 

 ceiling, while a 

 frieze extends 

 around the room on 

 a line with the door 

 and winclow cas- 

 ings. The doors 

 leading to the but- 

 ler's pantry and the 

 den are made of 

 beveled batten cyp- 

 ress fastened to- 

 gether by heavy 

 wrought iron bolts. 

 The wall surface is 

 of rough plaster, 

 tinted a soft, yel- 



