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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS I 
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A house built of stone and half-timber 
having tiled wainscoting and floors, and porcelain fixtures. 
The fourth house illustrated was built for Mr. Charles 
R. Scull, also at Cynwyd, Pa., and represents a different 
type of house. The piazza with its stucco columns and 
brick-paved floor is a feature of the exterior. The first story 
is built of rock-faced local stone, laid with wide white mor- 
tar joints, and the second story of stucco. The hall extends 
to the rear of 
the building, 
at which 
point the 
stairs ascend 
in combina- 
tion with the 
servants’ 
stairs: A 
broad _ open- 
ing from the 
hall forms 
an access to 
the living- 
room, = op- 
posite which 
is a cluster 
of small 
windows, 
which occupies a considerable space in the wall of this room 
facing these openings. The fireplace has stone facings and 
hearth and mantel. The arrangement of the service pant of 
the house is most complete. There are four bedrooms and 
a bathroom on the second floor. 
The fifth house, which was built for Mr. Quincy A. Gill- 
Living Room 
Dining Room 
First floor plan 
more, at Ardmore, Pa., is a more advanced type of English 
country house than the one shown in the second illustration. 
It is constructed of rock-faced stone for the first story and 
brown-stained beams and rough stucco for the second. The 
small lighted windows and the chimneys are features of the 
architectural scheme. The hall, living-room and dining- 
room are trimmed with oak. The living- and dining-room 
have open 
fi re p laces. 
French win- 
dows open 
from the liy- 
ing-room 
onto the liv- 
in g- porch, 
which has a 
brick paved 
floor. Ac- 
cess to the 
kitchen from 
the dining- 
room is ob- 
tained by 
way of the 
butler’s pan- 
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second story is painted white and contains four bedrooms 
and two bathrooms. The latter are furnished with tiled 
wainscoting and floors, and porcelain fixtures. 
The sixth house illustrated, and built for Mr. Joseph H. 
Kleckner, at Cynwyd, Pa., is of a different design from the 
one already described. It has a lean-to roof that extends 
Roof 
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Second floor plan 
