April, 1 9 10 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



129 



Fig. 5 — The fireplace in the living-room of Mr. Buck's house. 



are of mahogany, 

 while the base and 

 trim is finished in 

 white enamel. There 

 are three bedrooms, a 

 den, and a bathroom 

 on this floor, the 

 last being wain- 

 scoted with two by 

 four tile to the 

 height of five feet 

 six inches. The 

 floor is laid with 

 two-inch Hexagon 

 Vitreous floor tile. 

 The fixtures are of 

 porcelain and the 

 plumbing is of nickel- 

 plate and exposed. 



The third floor 

 contains a servant's 

 room, trimmed with 

 Georgia pine, 

 stained brown, and 

 a bathroom, 

 adjoining, 

 wainscoted to 

 the height of 

 five feet, and 

 painted white. 

 The front part 

 of the attic is 

 unfinished, and 

 furnishes am- 

 ple storage 

 place. The 

 basement con- 

 tains the heat- 

 ing apparatus, 

 fuel room and 

 laundry. 



The home 

 of John A. 

 Rogers, at 

 Wilmette, 111., 

 and illustrated 



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Fig. 7 — The home of Robert S. Smith. 



Fig. 8 — The first floor plan 



Fig. 6— The dinmg-room of Mr. Buck's house. 



in Figures 10, 11. 

 12, and 13, is a 

 c o m b i n a tion of 

 rough cement stucco 

 for the first story, 

 and shingles laid 

 with double courses 

 so as to form a 

 ribbed effect for the 

 W,*1^ second and third 

 stories. The gable 

 end, with a chimney 

 extending up its 

 side, is an interest- 

 ing feature of the 

 exterior. The hall, 

 library, and dining- 

 room are trimmed 

 with cypress, stained 

 and finished in a 

 brown color, 

 hall contains 

 o r n a mental 

 staircase as- 

 cending to the 

 second storv. 

 The library is 

 trimmed with 

 birch, and the 

 walls covered 

 with a two-tone 

 brown wall- 

 paper. The 

 fireplace is 

 built of brick, 

 with the hearth 

 and facings of 

 a similar brick 

 and the whole 

 finished with a 

 mantel of good 

 design. The 

 dining -room 

 has a white 

 pine trim 

 painted with 



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Fig. 9 — The second floor plan. 



