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stantial material has encouraged and almost compelled. 



This building, F'ig. 4, has fireproof floors and roof, and 

 was erected at a cost nearly as low as that of a frame build- 

 ing. It is probable that the assiduous care and thought of 

 the designers and the owner made this possible. The en- 

 trance porch of Mr. Baxter's house, Fig. 2, is an interesting 

 one which is enclosed in winter with glass and forms a vesti- 

 bule for the house. The arrangement of the rooms is mosi 

 simple and convenient. There is a large living-room from 

 which the stairs to the second floor rise, a dining-room and 

 a kitchen fitted with all the best improvements. There are 

 four good-sized bedrooms and a bathroom on the second 

 floor. The cost of this house was $3,500. 



The house of Mr. Rockwood, at Oak Park, 111., cost 

 $4,800 and was 

 built from plans 

 prepared by 

 Charles E. White, 

 architect, of the 

 same place, is 

 planned with its en- 

 trance at the side of 

 the house facing the 

 street. By this ar- 

 rangement the en- 

 tire front of the 

 house is given over 

 to the living-room 

 without using any 

 of the space for a 

 hall at the front of 

 the house, which is 

 usually the case. 

 The main floor of 

 the house contains 

 a living-room, a 

 den, a dining-room 

 and a kitchen. 

 There are three 

 bedrooms and a 

 bathroom on the 

 second floor and 

 s e r vant quarters 

 and a trunkroom 

 in the attic. The 

 interior is trimmed 

 throughout with 

 cypress treated in a 

 Flemish brown. 

 The living-room 

 has a brick fireplace 

 with facings extend- 

 ing up to the ceil- 

 ing. 



The house shown 

 in Fig. 13 and built 

 for W. W. Kerr at 



Fig. 14- 



Fig. 14, built for Mr. H. Howard, at Brookline, Mass., 

 from the designs of Mr. Charles A. Piatt, and already re- 

 ferred to, is in a combination with the plan of the main 

 house. The motor car in this instance is rolled into the 

 garage from which a lounging-room in the basement is 

 reached. This affords a place to enter in cold or unpleas- 

 ant weather and also forms a means of reaching the upper 

 floors of the house with perfect ease and comfort. 



The garage shown in Fig. 15 was built for Mrs. E. L. 

 Martin at Oak Park, 111., and from plans of Frank Lloyd 

 Wright, architect, of the same place. This building is 

 treated in an unusual and most effective manner. Living- 

 rooms for the chauffeur are provided in the second story 

 of the building. 



The garage built 

 for Mr. Hartford 

 at Deal, N. J., and 

 shown in Fig. 16, is 

 built of solid con- 

 crete, and is the 

 work of Mr. A. H 

 Dodge, architect, of 

 New York. 



Another garage 

 at Brookline, 

 Mass., is the one 

 shown in Fig. 17, 

 which was built for 

 W. H. Conant, and 

 from designs pre- 

 pared by Charles 

 E. Barnes, archi- 

 tect, of South 

 Framingham, Mass. 

 The problem of 

 housing a motor car 

 has set many a man 

 to thinking of the 

 s h o r tcomings of 

 wood. Most of us 

 have been brought 

 up in fire traps, and 

 the average man is 

 willing to take a 

 chance for himself 

 and for his family. 

 But a new car with 

 the tank full of 

 gasoline suggests to 

 him a different 

 treatment. The use 

 of cement occurs to 

 him as a natural 

 and easy solution 

 of the problem and 

 when once a man 

 has heard of a fire- 



-A garage built in the basement of a house forms an economical 

 place for a motor car 



Wilmette, 111., from plans of Arthur G. Brown, architect, proof material and been introduced to the many incidental 



good qualities, he will rarely care to build of anything less 

 permanent. 



We have been considering so far, the use of cement in 

 walls; yet that material is destined to make its most pro- 

 found impressions on building methods in its combination 

 with light steel rods and perhaps with hollow tile to form 

 light fireproof floors to take the place of wooden joists. 



of Chicago, is a happy combination of stucco and shingles 

 This is another house with its entrance built at the side of 

 the structure so as to give a greater space to the living- 

 room, which is built at the front. This living-room has 

 an open fireplace built of Klinker brick. The den adjoin- 

 ing is provided with bookcases built in at one side of the 

 room. The dining-room and kitchen are conveniently ar- 



ranged and the living-porch is built at the rear of the dining- The reinforced concrete floor can be put in any masonry 



room so as to be used for dining uses when desired. The building. There are no patents that one need infringe, 



second floor contains five bedrooms and a bathroom, all The architects should quickly become familiar with this 



finished in a most artistic manner. designing and any builder can erect them. In a few years 



The four garages shown in Figs. 14, 15, 16 and 17 pre- it will be only the cheapest and most flimsy building that 



sent a characteristic treatment of cement. The garage, will use wooden joists at all. It means safety from fire, 



