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is composed of red 

 brick, laid in white 

 mortar, for the first 

 story, and half tim- 

 berwork for the sec- 

 ond and third stories. 

 This half timberwork 

 is placed on the build- 

 ing in strips, forming 

 panels which are filled 

 in with cement stucco. 

 The small lighted 

 windows are painted 

 white, and the re- 

 mainder of the trim- 

 mings are stained a 

 soft brown tone. 

 There is ample space 

 for automobiles in the 

 first story, and the 

 chauffeur's living quarters in the second. 



The English garage shown in Fig. 5 and built for A. B. 

 Johnson, Esq., at Rosemont, Pa., is a building of most ex- 

 cellent detail. It is designed and built to accompany a 



Fig. 5 — A garage at Rosemont, Pa 



The design, while exe- 

 cuted along simple 

 lines, is, in its com- 

 pleted form, a most 

 harmonious one. It is 

 a one-storied garage, 

 and is a style that still 

 predominates where 

 quarters are not re- 

 quired for the chauf- 

 feur's family. In a 

 garage of this charac- 

 ter, a chauffeur's room 

 can be provided on 

 the ground floor, in 

 order to meet the re- 

 quirements of the av- 

 erage estate. 



Of course, where a 

 garage such as the one 

 built for Henry C. Frick, Esq., at Pride's Crossing, Mass., 

 and illustrated in Fig. 7, is to harmonize with the house to 

 which it belongs, it should be built, as in this case, of brick 

 with stone trimmings. The portico at the entrance to the 



Fig. 6 — A garage at Mt. Airy, Pa. 



house of conspicuous elegance, and is constructed of local 

 stone, laid with wide white mortar joints, to the level of 

 the first story window sills, while the remainder of the 

 building is beamed with half-timber work, forming panels 

 which are filled in with cement stucco. The gables are 

 treated in a like 

 manner. The triple 

 entrance way at the 

 front of the edifice 

 forms an easy ac- 

 cess for an auto- 

 mobile either en- 

 tering or leaving 

 the building. These 

 three openings are 

 sur mounted by 

 handsome dormer 

 windows, orna- 

 mented by carved 

 verge boards. 



The most simple 

 of the garages il- 

 lustrated in this 

 series is the one 

 built for Dr. E. A. 

 Schuman, at Mount 

 Airy, Pa., and 

 shown in Fig. 6. 



Fig. 6 — A garage at Bristol. Rhode Island 



Fig. 7 — A garage at Prides Crossing, Mass. 



main floor of the building adds a dignity to the whole gen- 

 eral architectural scheme. 



Cement is, without question, one of the best and 

 safest materials to be used as a substitute for 

 brick and stone. It can be employed in various forms, 



and, if properly 

 constituted, it is 

 not only a lasting 

 quality, but also 

 produces results 

 that cannot be ob- 

 tained in any other 

 way. 



The garage built 

 for W. L. McKee, 

 Esq., at Bristol, 

 Rhode Island, and 

 illustrated in Fig. 

 8, presents a very 

 good example of 

 this kind of con- 

 struction. It is a 

 most commodious 

 one, and contains 

 ample accommoda- 

 tions for the chauf- 

 feur's quarters in 

 the second story. 



