AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



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Fig. 7 — The residence of L. K. Thompson, Esq., is designed in the Colonial style 



with porcelain fix- 

 tures with exposed 

 nickel-plated plumb- 

 ing. 



There is a bed- 

 room and a trunk- 

 room in the attic, 

 while the cellar con- 

 tains laundry, heat- 

 ing apparatus and 

 fuel-room. 



This house cost 

 $6,000 to build, 

 but the increase in 

 building prices at 

 the present time 

 would bring it up to 

 $7,000. Mr. Harry 

 W. Jones, of Min- 

 neapolis, was the 

 architect. 



The residence of 

 L. K. Thompson, 

 Esq., illustrated in 

 I'igs. 7, 8 and 9, is 

 another house de- 

 signed by Mr. 



Fig. 8 — First floor plan. Fig. 9 — Second floor plan. 



Jones, and the 

 style is the Co- 

 lonial. 



The exterior Is 

 covered with clap- 

 boards, and the en- 

 tire building is 

 painted white. A 

 balustraded terrace 

 extends across the 

 front of the house. 



The vestibule, 

 hall and living- 

 room are paneled 

 in carefully se- 

 lected curly birch, 

 stained and finished 

 in mahogany. The 

 hall has a broad 

 staircase ascending 

 to the second story. 

 The living-room 

 has a heavy beamed 

 ceiling and wooden 

 cornice, dividing it 

 into two sections. 

 The walls are cov- 



