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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



October, 1908 



The Living-room Has a Paneled Overmantel and Fireplace with Roman Brick Facings 



it possible to do so. The main point, and indeed the only one 

 of any value or importance, is that it is good. 



This is the very essence of all architecture, but this house 

 oners a good example of the no-style house, since it speaks 

 aloud so deliberately what it is, disclaims its freedom from 

 tradition, emphasizes its independence of precedent, and is, 

 withal, so generally good and agreeable. The last is, indeed, 

 the one great quality to be 

 sought in all building, and 

 the lesson is the more not- 

 ably taught here, since it is 

 done in so unpretentious a 

 way. 



This is another note- 

 worthy point, for a house 

 does not have to be preten- 

 tious to win support to 

 itself or be interesting and 

 good. Direct and quiet 

 lines, simplicity in design, 

 simplicity in treatment, sim- 

 plicity in effect, all these 

 y i e 1 d admirable results 

 when properly handled and 

 administered, and once 

 more Mr. Lord's house 

 may be taken as an excellent 

 illustration of results to be 

 obtained in following these 

 lines. 



The methods by which 

 the successful characteristics 

 of this house were obtained 

 may be readily studied in 

 the accompanying plans and 

 photographs. The plan is, 

 of course, the basic point, 

 the fundamental element on 

 which the success of the 



building is to be achieved or 

 its failure accomplished. 

 The house begins with the 

 spacious central hall. To 

 one side, and completely 

 occupying the whole of this 

 side, is the living-room, 

 naturally made the largest 

 room in the house. On the 

 other side of the hall a 

 small parlor or reception- 

 room is arranged on the en- 

 trance front. The dining- 

 room is again in the center 

 and occupies a commanding 

 position behind the hall; its 

 beautiful and novel form 

 has already been adverted 

 to. The stairs are behind 

 the parlor, and thus, as has 

 been pointed out, com- 

 pletely free of the hall, 

 while the kitchen and ser- 

 vice room occupy a position 

 still further in the rear, but 

 connecting with the dining- 

 room, and have a wing or 

 extension all their own. 



Surely nothing could be 

 simpler or more direct than 

 this, and yet there are some 

 notable elements of novelty here which lift this plan out of 

 the commonplace and give it original merit of its own. The 

 spacious hall is itself a surprise, since its dimensions are 

 actually larger than a house of this size would seem to 

 suggest. 



Messrs. Fehmer and Page, of Boston, Mass., were the 

 architects of this house. 



The Dining-room Is a Charming Apartment, Oval in Plan 



