January, 1911 
the last being fitted up complete. 
on this floor. By 
The servants-porch is 
a feature of the house, as well as the servants-room, built 
this arrangement 
the service part of 
the house is kept 
intact from the 
main part of the 
building. 
The second floor 
contains four bed- 
rooms and a bath- 
room fitted with 
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built of pebble-dash gray plaster. The exterior of the house 
has been given a coat of oil, which has darkened the wood 
somewhat, giving it 
porcelain _ fixtures 
and open plumbing. 
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the happy appear- 
| ance of being 
weathered. Owing 
to the position of 
the house on the 
hillside, a _ large 
basement was pos- 
sible. Opening 
from this basement 
into the lower gar- 
den, and out 
Droroors 
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A feature of this 
floor is the sleeping- 
porches which are 
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through the lower 
Fig 9.—Second floor plan 
part of the great 
cement chimney is 
a door with a cir- 
Fig. 10O—-A bungalow type of house has many advantages 
built over the kitchen extension. 
The house, Figs. 7, 8 and g, built 
for Lewis N. Merritt, Pasadena, is 
perhaps, designed more after the Swiss 
chalet type than is usually the case, for 
the reason that the site selected for it 
is on the slope of a hill, which permits 
of a better adaptation of the style than 
any other class of dwelling. The over- 
hanging eaves present a comfortable 
and restful effect to the general archi- 
tectural form of the building. 
It is constructed of the best materials, 
shows expert workmanship throughout, 
and the floor plan is admirably ar- 
ranged. The exterior is constructed 
of 8-inch finished pine siding. ‘The 
roof is shingled. The eaves have a 
6-foot extension which is lined with a 
narrow tongue and groove beading, and 
they are supported by heavy timber 
brackets. Foundation and chimney are 
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cular top, the architectural effect of 
which is odd and striking. The floor 
of the spacious front veranda is 
cemented. It is roofed over the cen- 
ter, having been left open at either 
end, so that the choice of sun-bath or 
shade may be had. The lower portion 
of the walls of the entrance-hall are 
handsomely paneled, and the space 
above is finished with a frieze of art 
linen in a dull rich red. The ceiling 
is supported by eight by ten inch 
box beams, with the spaces between 
filled in with red linen. The spacious 
living-room, to the right of the hall, 
is finished in polished redwood, and 
the effect is especially one of elegant 
taste. The walls are paneled to a 
height of five feet. The boards used 
are of beautiful grain, and most of 
them are eighteen inches wide. Un- 
derneath, and running the length of 
