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A stone and half-timber house 
down and forms a roof for the porch, which extends across 
the front of the house and is supported on stucco columns. The 
first story is built of rock-faced stone and the second story 1s 
shingled. The entrance is direct into the living-room, from 
which the stairs ascend to the second story. This room has a 
large open fireplace with stone facings and hearth and a mantel. 
A broad opening permits one to enter the dining-room. Both 
the living- and dining-room are trimmed with chestnut, finished 
natural. The kitchen, pantries and laundries are trimmed with 
yellow pine. The second floor contains four bedrooms and a 
bathroom, the latter having a tiled wainscoting and floor, and 
porcelain fixtures. 
The third floor of each house illustrated contains extra guest- 
AMERICAN HOMES AND 
A house of simple design constructed of stone and stucco 
GARDENS 
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Main Porch 
First floor plan 
rooms, servant quarters and trunkrooms. The cellar of each 
of the houses have cold storage room, fuel-rooms and heating 
apparatus. 
Throughout all the houses, great restraint has been exercised 
in the design of the interior woodwork, and an attempt has been 
made to keep it within the confines of simple treatment while 
maintaining general excellence of proportion. The desire has 
been to attain the reposeful freedom of atmosphere peculiarly ap- 
propriate to a country house intended for all the year occupancy. 
It is comparatively easy, or it ought to be so, to understand 
the reason for the success of these houses, for there is no ques- 
tion about the high character of their design or the successful 
execution of their construction. This success is due to simple 
Hall Living Room 
First floor plan 
