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HOMES AND GARDENS 
June, 1909 
Fig. 1—One of the streets at Forest Hills, Long Island 
A Group of Inexpensive Houses at Forest Hills, Long Island 
By Paul Thurston 
YO BUILD artistic houses for a small amount 
eon is one of the questions which rises in the 
minds of all home builders of modest 
means. The group of small houses illus- 
trated herewith, while constructed of a 
similar kind of material, shows in each de- 
sign a distinct individuality. The house 
Babington 
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(Figs. 2, 3 and 4) 
is built of brick and 
half-timber work. 
The foundation is 
built of rock-faced 
red sandstone laid 
in red mortar. ‘The 
first story is built of 
red brick, laid in 
white mortar, with 
wide joints. The 
second story is 
beamed, forming 
panels, w hich are 
filled in with stucco- 
work, stained a soft 
gray color, while the 
trimmings through- 
out are tinted a soft 
brown. The roof is 
covered with red 
slate. 
The interior 
throughout is 
Fig. 2—Mr. Babington’s house is built of brick and half-timber work 
trimmed with cypress, finished a Flemish brown. The 
entrance to the house is reached from the piazza built at one 
corner of the house. The hall, occupying a very small space, 
contains an ornamental staircase, with turned balusters and 
newels, which are finished the same as the trim. Opening 
from the hall to the left is a living-room, furnished with an 
open fireplace, with tiled facings and hearth and a neat 
wooden mantel. 
The _ dining-room 
and kitchen, com- 
municating through 
the butler’s pantry, 
occupy the rear side 
of the house. Each 
is fitted with all the 
best appointments 
of the small modern 
country house. The 
walls of the hall are 
covered with a two- 
tone green-striped 
wall-paper, while 
the living-room has 
a mustard-y ellow 
wall-paper. The 
dining-room has a 
wall covering in 
green and blue, with 
tapestry effect. The 
second floor con- 
tains four bedrooms 
and a_ bathroom. 
