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HE house built for Mr. Charles Francis 
Adams, at Concord, Mass., represents the 
type of house built in many of the New 
England towns in the seventeenth century. 
Its form is copied after the leanto-roof 
house of that period, except that it is built 
of brick instead of wood, which was the 
material used in those days. 
In placing the 
house on its site it 
was found best to 
keep it close to the 
ground, in order to 
carry out the cus- 
tom of its proto- 
type, consequently 
it is built with only 
one step from the 
grade to the level 
of the first floor. 
athe; extie rion 
walls are built of 
red brick, with 
windows of small 
lights disposed at 
regular intervals. 
The joints of the 
brickwork are 
made more pronounced by the white mortar in which the 
bricks are laid and its broad pointing. 
The front doorway has an ornamental casing of Colonial 
design, and is built without any porch roof, as was the cus- 
tom of the builders of the seventeenth century. A walk is 
brought in from the driveway, composed of stepping stones, 
to the brick terrace in front of the house. The entrance on 
the side is covered with a hood supported on a trellis. 
The trimmings are painted white and the blinds are 
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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 
A Small Brick House 
Concord, Massachusetts 
By Charles Chauncey 
The first and second floor plans show 
May, 1909 
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painted green of a dark ivy color. The roof is covered with 
white cedar shingles, and stained a soft green color with a 
mossy effect. 
From a small porch at the front of the house an entrance 
is made to a small lobby from which the living and dining- 
rooms are reached. A stairway from the lobby rises to the 
second story, while the stairs from the kitchen descend under 
the main stairway to a cellar which is admirably built. 
The interior is 
trimmed with cy- 
press, stained and 
finished in a soft 
brown tone. The 
living-room is pro- 
vided with a fire- 
place built of red 
brick laid in white 
mortar. The fac- 
ings and_ hearth 
are laid with simi- 
lar brick and in 
white mortar. The 
walls of this room 
are covered with a 
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Sipe io /aars ish- brown wall 
a convenient arrangement of rooms paper. 
The dining- 
room is treated in a green effect with a two-tone striped 
wall paper. ‘There is only one chimney in the house, and it 
is built so as to arch over the staircase and come out of the 
roof in one part. 
A door at the back of the dining-room opens into the kit- 
chen. It is furnished with a hearth of stone for the range, 
a sink, two laundry tubs, a pantry, and a rear lobby large 
enough to hold an ice-box. ‘There is a bedroom on this floor, 
complete and fitted with a large closet. 
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