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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



August, 1 9 10 



The Modern House 



By Paul Thurston 



»HE houses illustrated in this group differ 

 widely in style from one another, and 

 while this is true, each one of them is 

 adapted to being built in any part of the 

 country, either as a suburban home or a 

 country house. 



The brick and stucco house, shown in 



Figs. I, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, built for Mr. J. N. Crampton, at 



Willmette, 111., is a building designed along square lines. 



The principal feature of the exterior is its detail, and that 



is what makes the house so attractive. The entrance porch, 



with its hooded cover, and the cluster of windows in the 



living-room at the front of the house, divided by wooden 



tracery, are some of the details which add so much to the 



general appearance. 



The underpinning and the first story are built of red brick 



laid in red mortar to the 



level of the second story 



windows. The remainder 



of the building is covered 



with cement stucco of a 



soft gray color. The trim- 

 mings are painted white. 



The window boxes placed 



in front of the living-room 



windows, and the tubs 



placed at each side of the 



entrance steps, filled with 



red geraniums, add a touch 



of hue to the delightful 



color scheme of the house. 

 The entrance Is into a 



vestibule, from which the 



living-room Is reached. 



This room extends across 



the entire front of the 



house, and It has a pine 



trim which Is treated with 



white enamel paint. Its 



walls are tinted a mustard 



yellow. 



The fireplace is built of 



red pressed brick. The 



facings and the hearth are 



laid with a similar brick. 



The mantel shelf is of 



wood and is supported on 



fluted brackets. 



Opposite the fireplace is 



placed the staircase, which 



Fig. 1 — The entrance porch 



ascends to a broad platform, on which is built a 

 cluster of small lighted windows and a broad paneled 

 seat. 



The dining-room, which opens direct from the living- 

 room, is finished in a combination of yellow and blue. A 

 plate rack extends around the room to the height of seven 

 feet from the floor, and divides the wall space. That part 

 of the wall below the plate rack is treated in a soft blue, 

 while that part above is dealt with In yellow. 



The kitchen and its dependencies are complete in all 

 their appointments. 



The second floor is divided, as a study of the plan will 

 show, Into four bedrooms and a bathroom, the latter be- 

 ing finished with a tiled wainscoting and floor, and por- 

 celain fixtures, with exposed nickel-plated plumbing. Each 

 of the bedrooms is treated In one particular color scheme. 



The third floor contains 

 a servant's bedroom and a 

 trunk room. 



The heating apparatus 

 and fuel-rooms are placed 

 in the cellar, which extends 

 under the entire depth of 

 the house. 



Mr. H. B. Wheelock, of 

 Chicago, 111., was the archi- 

 tect. The concrete house is 

 susceptible to considerable 

 variation, and the one illus- 

 trated in Figs. 7, 8, 9 and 

 10, and built for Mrs. P. 

 E. BIsland, at Meadow- 

 dale, Bronxville, N. Y., is 

 not the exception to the 

 rule. Messrs. Wilder and 

 White, of New York, 

 who were the archi- 

 tects of the house, have 

 adopted the thatched effect 

 for the roof of the house, 

 which surmounts the exter- 

 ior walls, constructed of ce- 

 ment stucco, with pebble- 

 dash finish. The floor 

 plans explain the interior 

 arrangement of the various 

 rooms, which are finished 

 off in an artistic and pleas- 

 ing manner. The open 

 fireplaces are handsomely 



