June, 1908 



produced by the humble 

 thatched roofs of England, 

 and helps carry out the. ef- 

 fect of the original. This 

 treatment of roof shingling, 

 while inexpensive, is very 

 effective, and requires only 

 the careful work of any 

 carpenter of ordinary in- 

 telligence. 



The building measures 

 forty-eight feet and eight 

 inches front by sixty-two 

 feet from main, or street, 

 front to the rear of the 

 dining-porch. The kitchen, 

 hall and entrance porch pro- 

 jects six feet and four inches 

 beyond the face of the main 

 front, and seventeen feet 

 and two inches beyond the 

 side, of the building, making 

 the total frontage sixty-five 

 feet and ten inches. The 

 heights of stories are nine 

 feet in the bungalow, and 

 eight feet throughout bal- 

 ance of basement and cel- 

 lar; ten feet and six inches 

 in first story, nine feet in 

 second and third stories. 



The approaches to the 

 front steps of both the main 

 and service entrances are 

 laid with cement. The 

 front main entrance, owing 



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to its northerly exposure, is 

 a large alcove or recess off 

 the living-room, adapted to 

 transformation into a vesti- 

 bule during the winter 

 months by the introduction 

 of removable inner doors. 



The living-room is com- 

 fortably large and well 

 lighted. At one end is the 

 mantel and fireplace of 

 brick in severely plain lines. 

 Opposite the fireplace, the 

 main staircase occupies the 

 whole of the other end of 

 the room, but by clever 

 treatment it is just suffi- 

 ciently screened from view 

 to lend privacy to the stair- 

 way and yet add to the ap- 

 parent length of the living- 

 room. The service stairs 

 join the main stairs in such 

 manner that the kitchen is 

 fully screened from view. 



The living-room, vesti- 

 bule and main staircase are 

 trimmed with red oak, 

 stained dark brown, with 

 beam ceiling to match the 

 trim, as also do the columns 

 and arches screening the 

 staircase. Between the liv- 

 ing and dining-rooms is an 

 ante room, with an outer 

 door opening on to the gar- 



The Exterior of the House Is a Very Careful Development of the Original "American Homes and Gardens" Cover Design 



