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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



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Fig. 2 — A brick and stucco house 



made, and the service end of 

 the house is most complete 

 in all its appointments. 

 There are four bedrooms 

 and a servant's bedroom on 

 the second floor, besides a 

 bathroom, furnished with 

 porcelain fixtures. The 

 house built for Mr. A. H. 

 Aylesworth at Wilmette, 

 111., illustrated in Figs. 11, 

 12 and 13 is another adap- 

 tation of the use of cement. 

 The first story of the build- 

 ing is constructed of cement 

 stucco, while the second 

 and third stories are of 

 half-timber work and 

 stucco. The trimmings 

 are painted a bottle green, 

 harmonizing 

 well with 

 the gray 

 tone of the 

 stucco walls, 

 and the dull 

 green stain 

 of the shin- 

 g 1 e d roof. 

 The hall is a 

 central one, 

 contain- 

 ing an orna- 

 mental stair- 

 case ascend- 

 ing to the 

 second story. 

 The living- 

 r o o m ex- 

 tends the 

 entire depth 

 of the house 

 and It has a 

 large open 



Fig. 5 — The dining-room. 



Fig. 6 — The living-room 



Fig. 4 — First floor plan 



fireplace. French windows 

 on either side of the fire- 

 place open direct to the liv- 

 ing-porch. The dining- 

 room and the kitchen and 

 its dependencies occupy the 

 remainder of the first 

 floor. 



There are three bed- 

 rooms and two bathrooms 

 on the second floor, and a 

 servant's bedroom over the 

 kitchen, with a private 

 stairway to the first floor. 

 Mr. Arthur G. Brown, 

 of Chicago was the archi- 

 tect. 



The house presented in 

 Figs. 14, 15, 16 and 17, 

 and built for Mr. Harry A. 

 Peters at 

 Glencoe, 111., 

 lays no claim 

 to any par- 

 ticular style 

 of architec- 

 ture, yet it 

 is sufficiently 

 developed in 

 a style of 

 its own to 

 be thorough- 

 ly artistic 

 and perfect 

 in harmony, 

 and its gen- 

 eral appear- 

 ance is the 

 result of a 

 very careful 

 study of the 

 house itself 

 and the site 

 on which it 



