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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



May, 19 lo 



Fig. 1 — First floor plan 



Rockwood at Oak Park, 111., and the one presented in Fig. 

 13, of a house built for W. W. Kerr, are excellent examples 

 of splash dash on well-designed frame construction. The 

 house shown in Fig. 4 and built for Mr. A. Baxter, at Park 



Fig. I 2 — Second floor plan 



Ridge, 111., from plans pre- 

 pared by Robert S. Spencer, 

 Jr., architect, of Chicago, 

 111., was constructed of hol- 

 ■ low tile walls with the same 



stucco finish. The floors of the last building are fireproof. 

 Comparing the floor plans of this with those of the frame 

 structure, it is interesting to note the sobering and whole- 

 some eftect upon the plan that the use of the more sub- 



Fig. 1 I — A hooded entrance way built at side of the house 



Fig. 1 3 — A stucco house with its living-room built toward the street 



