November, 1909 
home, and a real 
one, to which one 
may add from time 
to time as circum- 
stances or means 
may suggest. 
All of these 
houses are beauti- 
fully situated on a 
hilltop overlooking 
the surrounding 
country. They are 
well built, with 
stucco or shingled 
exteriors,* while in 
some both — stucco 
and shingles are 
used in combina- 
tion. The shingle- 
work is treated 
with — shingle-stain, 
and the flat exterior 
woodwork is 
painted with two 
coats of lead and oil. 
The interiors are 
stained in brown, 
green and Flemish, 
and are finished with 
a dull wax finish for 
the principal rooms, 
and hard oil finish 
for the other rooms. 
All the walls are 
covered with artis- 
tic paper. 
Each house has a 
reception-hall, liv - 
ing-room, __ dining- 
room, butler’s pan- 
try and kitchen on 
the first floor, and 
from three to four 
bedrooms and a 
bathroom on the sec. 
ond floor, according 
to the cost of the 
dwelling. Each 
third floor has 
one servant’s bed- 
room and ample 
space that they may 
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Fig. 23—First floor plan of Fig. 22 
be finished for other rooms when desired. The bathrooms 
are tiled and are provided with porcelain fixtures and ex- 
posed nickelplated plumbing. 
In so numerous a group a considerable variety is pro- 
vided in the interior treatment. Thus, one house will have 
a staircase of the 
Mission type, with 
oak railings, newels 
and window-seats, 
lighted with a 
stained-glass win- 
dow on the landing. 
In another, the stair- 
case is of yellow 
pine. In one house 
the living-room has 
a fireplace of golden 
mottled pressed 
brick with a mantel- 
shelf; the dining- 
room has china- 
closets built-in, and 
a plate-rail around 
the room. In the 
more expensive 
houses the trim is 
chestnut, with the 
exception of the 
kitchen and_bed- 
room, which are fin. 
ished with cypress. 
In the other houses 
the trim is cypress. 
The kitchens of the 
various houses have 
acloset,a lobby large 
enough for an ice- 
box, white enameled 
sink, laundry-tubs 
and a range. Each 
cellar has a cemen- 
ted bottom and con- 
tains a hot-air fur- 
nace and fuel-room. 
All the houses are 
thoroughly equipped 
with hot and cold 
water, gas, clothes- 
poles and _ screens 
for the windows, 
and each plot is 
nicely pathed and 
graded. Naturally 
enough, the house 
Fig. 24—Second floor plan of Fig. 22 costing but a thou- 
sand dollars, while 
built and finished in a substantial manner, does not include 
the finish or conveniences that are provided in the more ex- 
pensive house. But each one is an excellent type of its kind, 
and not only offer interesting subjects of study, but promise 
to be admirably adapted to the comforts of a real home. 
