December, 1908 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



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The house is covered with shingles, finished with weathered stain, and the trim in painted white 



The lean-to roof at the side of the house forms the cover to the piazza, which extends across the front 



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in short, a simple little home adequately expressed in compe- it is true, is only disclosed by a structural study such as has 



tent architectural form, and this is, indeed, precisely the most been given in this description. Yet it is a house that has 



that is to be asked of any dwelling house. The house is inter- nothing to conceal, and which is very frankly a modest 



esting, too, by reason of its decided inexpensiveness. This, home of distinct charm. 



