December, 1910 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



483 



with forest effect. The stair case ascending to the second ticed extensively throughout the country, and it is only in 



the past ten or fifteen years that the prospective home- 

 builder of moderate means understands the importance of 

 securing the services of an architect to design his house and 

 professionally to supervise its construction. 



Again, he found this assistance desirable when he wanted 

 a house which would be distinctive in character, and also 

 one which would possess all the qualities that go to make 

 a home livable, and convenient for housekeeping. He 



learned, too, that 



story is of ornamental design and in keeping with the house. 



The living-room is treated in a similar manner and in addi- 

 tion, it has a beamed ceiling and an open fireplace built of 

 red brick, and finished with a mantel made from a special 

 design. Low bookcases are built in either side of the fire- 

 place. The dining-room has a dull green stained trim. The 

 ceiling is beamed, forming panels. 



The kitchen is fitted complete with all the best modern 

 improvements. 



The second story 

 is trimmed with 

 Tennessee poplar, 

 stained and fin- 

 ished in mahogany. 

 This floor contains 

 four good-sized 

 bedrooms, p r o - 

 vided with ample 

 closets, and a bath- 

 room finished in 

 white enamel, and 

 furnished with por- 

 celain fixtures and 

 exposed plumbing. 

 This house was 

 built in Kalamazoo, 

 Mich., from plans 

 of A. M. Worth- 

 ington, architect, of 

 the same place, and 

 would have cost a 

 little more if it had 

 been built in the 

 east. There can 

 be no doubt, 

 however, that 

 the number of 

 interesting and 

 i n e X p e n s Ive 

 houses be- 

 Ing erected 

 throughout the 

 country is In- 

 creasing rapid- 

 ly, and this has 

 been brought 

 about by the 

 people of 

 moderate 

 means who 

 have demand- 

 ed something 

 more than the 

 usual "hammer and saw" house, which was, and is still, 

 frequently seen in the suburbs of the larger cities — a type 

 built by a builder for a client, without the assistance of an 

 architect. This system of building small houses was prac- 



c m m 1 s- 

 which he paid 



Cobblestones are used for the underpinning and chimney 



First floor plan 



Second floor plan 



t h e 

 sion 



to the architect for 

 his services in draw- 

 ing the plans and 

 superintending the 

 work was more 

 than paid for in 

 the saving made 

 through the compe- 

 tition of builders, 

 and In seeing that 

 the owner secured 

 that for which he 

 was paying. This is 

 prudence, for in the 

 long run the owner 

 is saved much an- 

 noyance in escaping 

 the usual complica- 

 tions which arise in 

 a building operation. 

 He will be better 

 satisfied, too, when 

 he realizes that the 

 house which 

 he has built 

 occupies a po- 

 sition of dis- 

 tinction and 

 class among 

 his neighbors. 

 All the small 

 houses, Illus- 

 trations of 

 which accom- 

 pany this ar- 

 ticle, have 

 been designed 

 b y architects 

 who have 

 made a special 

 study of the 

 small house, as 



is evidenced by a close study of the elevations, and the floor 

 plans of the houses presented in this paper. They not only 

 possess a character that Is striking and interesting, but they 

 also show what can be done with a small amount of monev. 



