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white enamel. It 

 is furnished with a 

 buffet built in at 

 one end of the 

 room, and opposite 

 the doorway lead- 

 ing from the 

 library, while at 

 one side of the 

 room a door opens 

 on to the living- 

 porch, which is 

 placed at the side 

 of the house, 

 screened in sum- 

 mer, and used for 

 dining purposes. 

 The butler's pantry 

 and kitchen are 

 trimmed with pine 

 and are furnished 

 with all the best ap- 

 pointments. The 

 second floor con- 

 tains three bed- 

 rooms and a bath- 

 room. The bed- 

 rooms have white 

 painted trim, and 

 the walls of each 

 room are treated 

 in one particular 

 color scheme. The 

 bathroom has por- 

 celain fixtures and 

 exposed nickel- 

 plated plumbing. 

 The floors through- 

 out the first and 

 second story are of 

 quartered oak. The 

 third floor contains 

 two bedrooms and 

 a bath, while the 

 cellar contains the 

 heating apparatus, 

 fuel rooms, and 

 laundry. The cost 

 of this house was 

 $5,000. 



The fourth house 

 illustrated in figures 

 14, 15, 16, 17 and 

 18 was built for 

 Vernon S. Watson, 

 at Oak Park, 111. 

 It is very dif- 

 ficult to secure a 

 house with attrac- 

 tive elevations and 

 well arranged plans 

 at so low a cost as 

 $2,000, but Mr. 

 Watson has been 

 successful in this di- 

 rection and has 

 produced a unique 

 and interest- 

 ing house for a 

 comparatively small 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



Fig. 10 — The home of John A. Rogers. 



The second floor plan. 



Fig. 1 3 — Another view of Mr. Rogers's home. 



April, 19 ID 



outlay of money. 

 The house has 

 many attractive 

 features, among the 

 important ones is 

 the entrance porch 

 built at one side of 

 the house, and the 

 main chimney built 

 at the other side 

 and outside of the 

 main line of the 

 building. The ex- 

 t e r i o r wall is 

 covered with wide 

 boards; with the 

 joints covered with 

 narrow strips to the 

 height of the sills 

 of the first story 

 windows. This is 

 stained a soft 

 brown color. The 

 wall space between 

 the window sills of 

 the first story, and 

 those of the second 

 story is covered 

 with a narrow clap- 

 boarding, stained a 

 moss green color. 

 The remainder of 

 the building is 

 covered with a 

 cement stucco, 

 forming a frieze 

 which extends 

 around the entire 

 building, the whole 

 of which is crowned 

 with a low sloping 

 shingled roof. The 

 entrance to the 

 house is direct from 

 the 1 i V i n g-porch, 

 into a narrow hall, 

 separated from the 

 living- and dining- 

 room by an arch- 

 way supported on 

 columns. Opposite 

 the entrance door, 

 the stairs to the 

 second story ascend. 

 This staircase is a . 

 combination 

 one from which 

 an entrance is made 

 from the kitchen to 

 the main landing 

 as well as from the 

 front hall. The 

 hall and living- 

 room have a wall 

 covered with green 

 burlap. The liv- 

 ing-room extending 

 across the front of 

 the house has an 

 open fireplace built 



