6o AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS February, 1907 



Three Modern Houses 



By Burr Bartram 



A Model Suburban Home Built for M. F. Neuber, Esq., at Glenside, Pennsylvania 



HE illustrations of Mr. Neu- 

 ber's home at Glenside, Pa., as 

 shown in Figs, i and 2, exhibit 

 an excellent example of a model 

 suburban house, suitable for a 

 forty or fifty foot lot. The un- 

 derpinning is built of rock- 

 faced stone, laid up at random and pointed, with 

 wide joints in white mortar. The superstructure 

 is of frame, with the exterior framework cov- 

 ered with matched sheathing, good building 

 paper, and clapboards painted white, while the 

 roof is covered with cypress shingles stained a 

 very dark green. 



The reception hall and the interior throughout 

 is of chestnut, finished a deep shade of brown. It 

 has an ornamental staircase of unique design and 

 an open fireplace built of brick. The library and 

 dining-room are separated by sliding doors, and 

 the latter has a window seat with a cluster of 

 windows over it, and two built-in china closets. 

 The plan provides for a large and airy kitchen, 

 with pantry, fitted up with a dresser, shed large 

 enough to admit an ice-box, dresser, sink, and 

 range. 



The second floor contains an open hall with 

 nook fitted up for a den, three bedrooms, and a 

 bathroom. Each of the bedrooms have good 

 closets, and the bathroom has porcelain fixtures 

 and exposed nickel-plated plumbing. There is a 

 storage-room on the third fioor. There is a hot-water heater 

 in the cellar which contains the fuel rooms. Mr. C. E. 

 Schermerhorn, of Philadelphia, was the architect of this 

 house. 



A Dwelling Built for Edwin J. Lucas, Esq. 

 At Mount Vernon, New York 



The modern dwelling illustrated in Figures 3, 4, and and 

 built for Mr. Edwin J. Lucas, has an underpinning and 

 first story of rough rub- 

 ble field stone. The sec- 

 ond story, of wood, is 

 covered on the exterior 

 framework with 

 matched sheathing, and 

 then cedar shingles, 

 which are left to 

 weather finish. The roof 

 is also covered with 

 shingles. 



The hall and living- 

 rooms are trimmed with 

 white pine, trea'ted with 

 ivory-white enamel. 

 These two rooms are 

 separated by an arch- 

 way, supported on fluted 

 Ionic columns. The 

 stairway has oak treads, 

 painted risers, posts, 

 and balusters, and a 



White-painted Clapboards and a Dark-green Shingle Roof Constitute the 

 Color Scheme of the Exterior 



mahogany rail. The ceiling is beamed, and there is a paneled 

 wainscoting, as well as a seat at the side of the staircase. 



The living-room has a high-paneled wainscoting, the same 

 as the hall, and the walls above it are covered with crimson 

 burlap. The ceiling is beamed, and the bay window has a pan- 

 eled seat. The large open fireplace is built of rubble field 

 stone with a hearth of brick and a shelf of stone, rough- 

 hewn. The dining-room is trimmed with chestnut and is 

 finished with a soft-brown color. The butler's pantry and 



kitchen are well fitted up 

 with the best modern 

 conveniences, and the 

 lobby is large enough to 

 admit an ice-box. 



The second story is 

 treated with white 

 enamel trim and mahog- 

 any doors. It contains 

 an open hall, four bed- 

 rooms, and a bath, the 

 latter being tiled and 

 furnished with porcelain 

 fixtures. The servants' 

 quarters and trunk-room 

 are placed on the third 

 floor. The cemented 

 cellar contains a laundry, 

 furnace, and fuel-rooms. 

 Mr. Herbert Lucas, of 

 New York, was the ar- 

 chitect of this house. 



2 — Eight Rooms and Bath Are Presented in the Plans 



