February, 1911 
effect. The entrance is 
direct into the living- 
room, from which the 
stairs to the second 
floor ascend. 
The ingle-nook has 
an open fireplace, a 
floor laid with Welsh 
tile, and seats built in 
at either side of the 
nook. 
ene dk brary is 
reached through a 
broad archway.  Slid- 
ing doors separate the 
library from the dining- 
room. The veranda, 
built at the rear of the 
house, is reached from 
the dining-room. The 
butler’s pantry and the 
kitchen are fitted up 
complete. 
Four bedrooms, a 
sewing-room and a 
bathroom occupy the 
floor space of the sec- 
ond floor, while the servants-rooms and the storage-room 
are provided on the third floor. 
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Fig. 11—A house of stacce and half-timber wood 
White Plains, N. Y., was the architect. 
Mr. Frank L. Brown, of 
painted white. 
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Fig. 12—-First floor plan 
The house illustrated in Figs. 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 was 
built for Mr. A. C. Lamb, at Bronxville, New York, from 
plans prepared by Kenneth G. How, of New York city. 
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This house is built of 
stucco for the first story 
and half-timbered work 
for the second. The 
plan is an elongated 
one, with the broad 
side facing the high- 
way. There is a cen- 
tral-hall with the living- 
room to the right, ex- 
tending the entire depth 
of the house, and the 
dining-room to the left. 
All three rooms ~ are 
trimmed with cypress 
stained and finished in 
a soft brown tone. The 
living-room has a 
beamed ceiling and an 
open fireplace built of 
red brick with facings 
extending up and sup- 
porting a plaster panel 
at the ceiling. 
The kitchen and the 
service part of the 
house are trimmed with 
natural yellow pine treated with a hard oil finish. 
The second floor is trimmed with white wood and is 
It contains four bedrooms, three of which 
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Fig. 13—Second floor plan 
have open fireplaces and two bathrooms furnished with 
porcelain fixtures and exposed 
The servants’ quarters are provided in the third story. 
nickel-plated plumbing. 
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Fig. 14—The living-room Fig. 15—-The dining-room 
