June, 1 9 10 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



243 



Fig. I — -First-floor pic 



Fig. 2 — A Colonial house 



Fig. 3 — Second-floor plan 



Some Small Houses 



By Paul Thurston 



O MEET the demand for the small house 

 and to suggest its appropriate type are the 

 points that constitute a building problem 

 of both the architect and a numerous and 

 widely distributed class of home-seekers. 



In this article the writer's object has 

 been to select several small houses for use 

 in description and illustration that have developed from the 

 above given condition, and his belief is that he has carried 

 this out by the employment of some of the best examples 

 of recent erection. 



The first one, illustrated in Figs, i, 2, 3, 4 and 5, was 

 built for Edward Lucas, Esq., at Mount Vernon, N. Y., 

 from plans prepared by Herbert Lucas, architect, of New 

 York city. The owner has designed the house in a simple 

 manner, using the detail of the Colonial style to give an 

 effective execution. The interesting porch built at the 

 center of the entrance front, and the small lighted windows, 



carry out the desired effect. The exterior walls of the resi- 

 dence are covered with shingles laid with double courses 

 and painted white. The blinds are green. 



The entrance to the house is from the front porch, which 

 has a floor laid of red cement mortar. The floor of the 

 vestibule is also laid with a similar material, marked off in 

 eight-inch squares. 



The living-room is trimmed and finished in weathered 

 oak, and it has a paneled wainscoting and ceiling beams. 

 Window seats are built at each side of the vestibule, while 

 opposite to the latter is the staircase, which ascends to the 

 second story. 



An open fireplace, built of tapestry brick laid in white 

 mortar, with broad joints, occupies one side of the room, 

 while French windows are built in the wall space at the 

 opposite side, and open on to the living-porch. 



The dining-room is finished in the mission style, and it 

 has a paneled wainscoting to the height of seven feet, at 



Fig. 4 — The porch 



Fig. 5 — The front of the house 



