April, 1909 
a small house which 
combines the maxi- 
mum of economy 
with the minimum 
of fire risk is that 
of reinforced con- 
crete skeleton, con- 
crete or tile floors 
and wooden roof. 
At some increase in 
cost asbestos or tile 
shingles may cover 
the wooden frame. 
The outside of such 
a house may be 
again stucco on wire 
lath, which is very 
attractive. 
Stucco and wire 
lath, with wooden 
frame and_ floors, 
gives effects which 
are extremely pleas- 
ing, and to the 
owner who is not 
concerned to have 
an unburnable 
house, fully satisfac- 
tory. But such a 
house, though _in- 
dubitably covered 
with cement mortar, 
should not be called 
a “‘concrete house,” 
since the word car- 
ries with it a very 
strong suggestion of 
safety which the 
structure does not 
possess. 
Nevertheless, one 
would never cavil at 
the prevalence of 
the stucco on wood, 
or the allied half- 
timber construction, 
since it represents 
for many owners 
the only possibility 
LIVING Room 
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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 
18—The soft brown of the woodwork of the dining-room brings out the Delft blue 
of the wall covering 
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19—An effective grouping of the windows relieves the broad exterior surfaces of the 
house built for Mr. Charles E. Starr at Winchester, Massachusetts 
KITCHEN 
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BED ROOM 
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BED ROOM 
14-0 x 1B-G 
20—The plans are excellently arranged for entertaining 
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of building a house 
of the necessary 
size; it is certainly 
a most charming 
feature of the land- 
scape, and prepares 
the eye for all-con- 
crete work, and by 
its increase helps to 
bring into more 
general, and hence 
more_ economical 
use, that ideal build- 
ing material, rein- 
forced concrete. 
The following 
typical and attrac- 
tive houses are all 
in some one of what 
may be called these 
subsidiary forms of 
concrete  construc- 
tion. 
In the very inter- 
esting house (Figs. 
2 and 3), designed 
by Mr. Dudley Van 
Antwerp for Mrs. 
Julia E. White, of 
Montclair, N. J., 
we have an example 
of the characteristic 
use of stucco. The 
color scheme is an 
ivory - gray, with 
roof of moss green 
shingles, and the 
front, especially the 
porch section (Fig. 
1), shows a Spanish 
influence in its ro- 
coco curves ; to- 
gether with an ap- 
preciation of the 
good effects to be 
got by broad sur- 
faces of pleasant 
texture. The win- 
dow grouping is 
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14-O x ZOOS 
