May, 1 910 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



201 



Fig. 1 — First floor plan 



Fig. 2 — The entrance porch to Mr. Baxter's 

 house 



Fig. 3 — Second floor plan 



The Use of Cement in the Building of the Suburban House and Garage 



By Robert W. Gardner 



HE illustrations inserted in the text of this 

 article are sufficient to demonstrate that, 

 the use of cement does not hamper the 

 architects in the exercise of good taste nor 

 discourage regard for the picturesque. 



Cement stucco has been used for so 

 many generations to protect stone and 

 brick buildings that its usefulness needs not now be a matter 



for discussion. Only recently has it been used on frame 

 buildings, as a stucco, and it seems worth while to consider 

 the forms best suited to withstand our climate. 



Bearing in mind that the destructive forces working 

 against cement plaster are sun and frost in the presence of 

 moisture and that moisture usually travels by capillary at- 

 traction, we must consider how to mix and apply cement so 

 as to prevent capillarity. If a frame building is to be 



Fig. 4 — A house built of reinforced concrete throughout 



