June, 1909 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 233 
In framing a_ house 
there are six operations: 
The exterior boards, or 
shingles, sheathing paper, 
wood sheathing, wood 
stud, lath and plaster. In 
hollow-tile construction, 
only three, viz., the 
stucco exterior, the 
recognized by the 
best and most pro- 
gressive architects as 
the modern type of 
construction, and 
they are old in that 
they have stood the 
test of several 
years use. The air [# gp 0 99 
spaces in the hol- hollow tile and in- 
low tile insulate terior plaster; and 
the house just labor is a large item 
like the double walls of a refrigerator, and prevent any to save. As to strength, each one of these tiles can support 
heat, cold or dampness entering such a house. The result is over one hundred thousand pounds pressure, more than 
that in summer, no matter how hot the day, the house is enough to support a six-story building. The roof shingles 
delightfully cool, and in can be stained any color 
winter a slight heat in the desired, and the stucco 
cellar will counterbalance exterior can be finished 
the coldest weather and smooth, semi rough or 
the sharpest blast. Here very rough, and from the 
again the hollow-tile con- white of Carrara marble 
struction rises superior; to the beautiful vari- 
the strongest wind will toned gray of natural 
not suffice to rock such a cement. 
house in the slightest, We have the written 
preventing cracked HI guarantee of a reputable 
plaster and damaged 1, LIVING ROOM building firm that they 
papered walls. eat will erect this house as 
It may not be com- described, anywhere 
monly known that a within sixty miles of the 
frame house will. shrink city of New York, at five 
about eight inches the thousand four hundred 
first year after it is fin- dollars, this guarantee to 
ae 
FRONT - DOOR, 
ished, opening up un- +ips7-stoRY SECOND-STORY hold good until August 
sightly cracks in plaster I, 1909. 
and woodwork. The hollow-tile house shrinks not at all; it Here, then, is a wholly new feature in architectural jour- 
is as solid as a rock. nalism, which should prove of the utmost practical value 
The material itself costs more than wood framing, but the to the readers of AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS. ‘The 
difference in price is made up in a saving in labor. guarantee that is offered with this design is complete. 
The walls of the house are built of terra-cotta tile covered with a cement stucco 
