January, 1911 
Pa Ru 
The house derives 
a large portion of its 
charm trom the use 
ot the redwood tim- , Se Ser 
bers, a carload of 
which was used in the 
escation: Joebhey ware 
employed _ exclusively 
in the construction ot 
the pergolas, and con- 
stitute the major por- 
tion of the material 
used in the creation 
of two second-floor 
sleeping balconies, in 
addition to the part 
they play in the re- 
mainder of the exte- 
rior finish. Careful 
attention has been 
given to their selec- 
tion, and their rela- 
tion to the structural 
lines of the house de- 
serves more than pass- 
ing attention, a fairly 
good study of which 
may be made from 
some of the accom- 
panying photographs. 
The logs, contrary to 
common custom, are not split, but are whole. 
is not advisable to attempt to use split redwood, if it be 
desired that the bark be not removed, as the bark of red- 
wood will eventually loosen and fall off if the 
split. The diameters of the timbers used vary 
three inches to nearly twelve inches. 
the logs are untreated, possessing their nat- 
ural colors of deep russet orange and rich 
browns. 
The house has a frontage of fifty-four feet 
and a depth of forty-six feet. The porch per- 
gola, exclusive of the porte-cochere, extends 
for forty feet across the front, while the gar- 
den pergola, projecting into the garden from 
one of the front corners of the house, is thirty- 
five feet long. The latter is entered from the 
foot of a short flight of rustic steps which ter- 
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The pergola as seen across the front 
Int-tact,. it 
timbers are 
from about 
The living-room and the den beyond 
floor are hall, living-room, den, 
maid’s room, and a screened porch, and on the second 
floor are four bedrooms, two sleeping balconies, two bath- 
rooms, and a sun room. 
hall, the dining-room lies to the right and the living-room 
to the left; a broad arch hung with portieres forming in 
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minates a branch of 
the walk leading to 
the front entrance of 
the house. ‘The split 
redwood shakes which 
, constitute the siding 
a a s §6rtor: «the house are 
f nearly uniformly four 
inches wide, are 
spaced about one-half 
inch apart, and are 
laid with fourteen 
inches of their length 
exposed. The chim- 
ney at the front is 
built on the outside 
from the ground up, 
and supports on_ its 
side a small redwood- 
log window box of in- 
teresting design, while 
the rear chimney only 
makes its outside ap- 
pearance through the 
roof. 
A careful study of 
the floor plans of the 
house should prove 
highly interesting to 
the prospective home 
builder. On the first 
dining-room, kitchen, 
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Entering the house through the 
A window picture from the living-room 
each instance the only partition. From the din- 
ing-room French doors open into a small per- 
golaed fernery, on the north side of the house. 
The dining-room is seventeen feet and nine 
inches by sixteen feet and one inch, and pos- 
sesses a broad, artistic buffet, with a plate glass 
mirror and leaded glass doors with a casement 
window on either side. The woodwork is of 
Peruvian mahogany, and the walls are tinted a 
