246 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS June, 1909 
is planned to be built on a narrow lot, 
therefore the rooms are placed one follow- 
ing the other from the front to the rear 
of the house. The living-room and dining- 
room are separated by sliding doors, op- 
posite which, in the dining-room, there is 
built an open fireplace, furnished with tiled 
facings and a hearth and a mantel of 
excellent design. Placing the fireplace in the 
dining-room, which adjoins the kitchen, 
precludes the necessity of an extra chimney, 
thereby saving a considerable expense. The 
hall contains an ornamental staircase with 
turned newels, balusters and rails. At the 
end of the hall is the butler’s pantry, which 
is fitted with drawers, dressers and cup- 
boards. It has a door opening into the 
dining-room and also into the kitchen. The 
second floor contains three bedrooms and a 
bathroom, while the third floor contains 
two bedrooms. Cost, four thousand two 
hundred dollars. 
Mr. Meyer’s house (Fig. 12) was built 
after the floor plans used for Mr. Bett’s 
house, with a slight change in the exterior 
—_ and different treatment of the half-timber 
a ae work. Both houses have natural cypress 
Fea ee ca = lpe Beoroore fl trim throughout, finished in a Flemish 
70 x2 | brown. ‘The walls throughout both houses 
LUNG Rey are covered with artistic wall-paper. 
Mr. Driesler made a distinct departure 
from the other houses illustrated in this 
series when he designed Mr. Austin’s house 
(Fig. 9). While the underpinning is of 
brownstone, and the first story is of red 
brick, the second and third stories of the 
house are of frame, covered on the exterior 
with white cedar shingles, laid with double 
Fig. 6—-The floor plans of Mr. Holmes’ House 
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Fig. 7—Mr. Frederick Betts’ house is built of red brick, stucco Fig. 8—The first floor plan of Mr. 
and half-timber Betts’ house 
