April, 1909 
AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 
trimmed with cy- 
press and finished 
with a soft brown 
stain. Cost three 
thousand five hun- 
deed sdollars: 
Messrs. Stem and 
Reed, of New 
York, were the 
architects. 
The house (Figs. 
29, 30 and 35) 
also built for Mr. 
Garrett at Bronx- 
ville, N. Y., from 
plans by the same 
architects, Messrs. 
Stem and Reed, 
has_ rough - faced 
stone for the first 
story, and half- 
timber work for the 
second, the beams 
being stained brown 
with the panels 
filled in with rough 
plaster. The house 
shown in Fig. 36 is 
built on the same 
plan except that it 
has a different ex- 
terior treatment, 
rough plaster being 
used for the first 
story instead of 
stone, as in Fig. 29, 
and half-timber 
work with plaster 
panels being used 
for the second and 
third stories. This 
treatment shows 
how easy it is for 
an architect to 
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28—-The floor plans of Mr. Garrett’s house are 
change the entire 
aspect of a house on 
the exterior by using 
different material. 
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trimmed with cy- 
press finished a soft 
brown color. The 
living-room has an 
open fireplace with 
tile facings. The 
bathroom _ has 
porcelain _ fixtures 
and _ nickelplated 
plumbing. 
The cost of each 
house complete was 
about four thousand 
dollars. 
Messrs. Stem and Reed made a departure when they de- 
signed the two houses for Mr. Garrett as shown in Figs. 31 
and 38. ‘The plan of the arrangement of the various rooms 
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simple in outline, the rooms well arranged 
is the same, but 
the architects have 
shown how very 
easy it is to design 
an exterior of a.dif- 
ferent style to ac- 
company a similar 
plan. Both of the 
houses have a treat- 
ment of clapboards 
and_ shingles, and 
the interiors are 
fitted up the same as 
the house shown in 
Figs 31. 9 ihes'e 
houses cost three 
thousand eight hun- 
dred dollars com- 
plete. 
The stone and 
shingle house (Figs. 
33, 34 and 40) also 
