A House Built for J. L. Johnson, Esq., at Hackensack, N. J. 
By Paul Thurston 
R. JOHNSON’S house at Hackensack, N. J., illus- 
trated on these pages, is a particularly good ex- 
ample of the “small house which is good.’ The 
site, in this case, is very fortunate, for it is on a 
high ridge of land, 
with a good outlook 
in all directions; 
and the lot, which 
is seventy-five feet in 
width, is sufficiently 
large to lay out sim- 
jple and = attractive 
grounds, and have 
the house stand suf- 
ficiently isolated 
from its neighbors 
to show off to its 
full advantage. 
The key-note of 
the design is sim- 
plicity. The plan, 
as well as the exte- 
rior, gains its dis- 
tinction by its rigid 
adherence to this 
principle. There 
is no front hall, the 
entrance door open- 
ing directly into the 
living-room, and the 
stairs ascending also 
from this room. The large piazza, inclosed by screens in 
summer and glass in winter, opens with glass doors into this 
living-room, and is heated and furnished the same as the 
rest of the house. 
Odd-shaped windows and projections of 
every description, 
such as bay win- 
dows, have been 
omitted. The ex- 
terior is covered 
with old-fashioned 
shingles, exposing 
twelve inches to the: 
weather.  Whtesie 
shingles are painted 
white, and the 
blinds, eaves, gut- 
ters and frome 
porch pale green. 
The addition of 
green and _ white 
awnings, and very 
simple, but carefully 
planned planting, 
help the _ general 
effect of the house 
The inte rigor 
views show a very 
comfortable and liv- 
able arrangement. 
A certain spa- 
ciousness is obtained 
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FIRST FLOOR PLAN 
SECOND FLOOR PLAN 
The floor space of the first and second floors is economically divided into rooms 
