February, 1908 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



71 



The Walls of the Living-room Have a Gray and Brown Covering, and a Trim Finished in Forest Green 



in plan, charmingly ar- 

 ranged within, and endowed 

 with all the true qualities of 

 a home. Like many suc- 

 cessful houses, its success is 

 largely due to the exceed- 

 ingly fortunate manner in 

 which house and environ- 

 ment are blended. 



And this is precisely as it 

 should be. It is for the ob- 

 taining of exactly this re- 

 sult that architects are em- 

 ployed and care taken in the 

 designing of structures. Yet 

 even when quite sufficient 

 care is taken in the design of 

 a house, the home quality, 

 the livableness, as it were, 

 is too often absent. Mr. 

 Graham's house shows this 

 in a very marked manner. 

 His house has achieved, 

 therefore, a measure of suc- 

 cess that does not always 

 attend the building of dwel- 

 lings of this size. 



Mr. William A. Bates, 

 of New York, was the 

 architect. 



a private stairway from the 

 kitchen. The owner's suite 

 contains a large open fire- 

 place, with brick facings and 

 hearth, and a mantel, and 

 the two rooms of which this 

 suite consists are connected 

 by a dressing-room, pro- 

 vided with a large ward- 

 robe and a lavatory. Ample 

 storage space is found in 

 the attic, which is an open 

 one. The cellar contains 

 the furnace room, fuel 

 room, storeroom and serv- 

 ants' toilet. There is a 

 splendid opportunity for a 

 laundry or kitchen in the 

 cellar, and there is also a 

 fine space for a bowling 

 alley, which could be easily 

 built in along the rear wall 

 and extending along the en- 

 tire depth of the house. 



We have, then, a subur- 

 ban house, quite ample in 

 size and yet of real modesty 

 in design and form. It is a 

 house beautifully adapted 

 to its somewhat difficult 

 site, thoroughly convenient 



Autumnal Brown Is the Color Scheme of the Dining-room. The Trim Is Finished in Flemish Oak 



