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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



August, 1 910 



Fig. 7 — A stucco house with a thatched roof effect 



Fig. 8 — First floor plan 



Fig. 9 — Second floor plan 



was erected. The 

 house is unusual in 

 the material of 

 which it is built, and 

 is a line example of 

 a new form of ex- 

 terior treatment. 



The foundation 

 is constructed of 

 stone up to the level 

 of the grade line, 

 from which the 

 building proper is 

 constructed. The 

 exterior framework 

 is covered with 

 matched sheathing 

 and building paper. 

 This paper, from 

 the grade line to 

 the level of the sec- 

 ond story window 

 sills, is covered with 

 matched boards 

 with their surface 



Fig. 1 — ^The living-room 



left as they come 

 from the mill. The 

 joints where the 

 boarding is joined 

 is covered with a 

 narrow strip of sim- 

 ilar material, form- 

 ing a ribbed effect. 

 This entire wood- 

 work is stained and 

 finished in a soft 

 brown tone. The 

 remainder of the 

 building is covered 

 with beams, form- 

 ing panels which 

 are filled in with 

 cement stucco of a 

 light gray color, 

 and harmonizing 

 with the soft brown 

 tone of the beams 

 and the moss green 

 tone of the shin- 

 gled roof. 



