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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



February, 1907 



hot-air furnace and fuel-rooms. Mr. Lawrence Visscher A lean-to roof falls gracefully over the porch of which 



Boyd, of Philadelphia, was the architect. it forms a covering. Mr. Lucas has given the lean-to effect 



In the designing of small houses of this character, it is in his roof lines, but he has omitted the towers and has 



well to remember that it has required considerable thought pierced the roof with dormer windows, broad in dimensions, 



fic-ST Floosj Plah 



6 A Gambrel Roof House with Olive-green Stained Shingles and White-painted Trim 



on the part of the various architects, in securing the very 

 best possible arrangement of rooms combined with, and fitted 

 to, an exterior that is as equally well balanced and interest- 

 ing, and one that is pleasing to the eye. 



The various materials of which the houses are built are 

 of the best of their respective kinds, the workmanship is 

 good, and the appointments are of the most serviceable and 

 convenient sorts. 



Mr. Schermerhorn has presenteci a very good design of a 

 house for a narrow suburban lot, with wood square-formed 

 rooms on the interior, while the only break on the exter- 

 ior is the tower, which is so often an impossible feature from 

 an architectural standpoint, but in this instance it fits in 

 well and gi\ es a certain amount of dignity to the exter'or. 



and adding much to the interior arrangement of the room. 

 1 he plans, while quite similar in their arrangements, have 

 a little more openness on the first Hoor than Mr. Schermer- 

 horn's house, but this is simply a question of personal desire 

 on the part of the client. 



The plans which Mr. Boyd presents are along the same 

 lines, but he has accepted the gambrel roof style in which to 

 enclose his ideas. The entrance to the house is from the 

 side, giving a broad expanse to the front, and necessitating 

 only one walk in which to reach the entrance and the service 

 end of the house. 



Taking the three houses as a group they present a similar 

 interior plan with a distinct style for the exteriors and are 

 characteristic of good taste. 



