October, 1907 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



389 



third 

 a ce- 

 con- 



bay- 

 root 

 win- 



four bedrooms on the 

 second Hoor are 

 trimmed with chest- 

 nut, stained and fin- 

 ished in Flemish 

 brown. The b a t h - 

 room is painted ivory 

 white and is fitted 

 with porcelain fix- 

 t u r e s and exposed 

 nickelplated plumb- 

 ing. There are two 

 bedrooms, painted 

 white, and a truniv 

 room on the 

 floor, while 

 mented cellar 

 tains a heating 

 apparatus, fuel 

 rooms and laundry. 



The house shown 

 in Fig. I has an at- 

 tractive piazza with 

 Doric columns, 

 windows and a 

 with dormer 

 dows. The walls and 

 roof are covered with 

 cedar shingles left to 

 weather finish. The 

 entrance hall and 

 living- room are 

 trimmed with chest- 

 nut, stained and fin- 

 ished in soft brown. 

 The living-room has 

 an open fireplace with 

 red brick facings and hearth, and mantel. The dining-room 

 is painted old ivory white and has a bay-window with seat, 

 a nook for buffet, and an open fireplace with tiled hearth and 

 facings and a Colonial mantel. A door opens into the pan- 

 try and rear hall, from which stairs rise to the second and 

 third stories and descend to the cellar. Another door opens 

 into the kitchen, which contains range, dressers and sink. 

 The laundry is fitted with laundry tubs and a store closet. 



There are four large bedrooms on the second floor, 

 trimmed with chestnut. One of these bedrooms has an open 

 fireplace with facings and mantel. The bathroom is painted 

 with white enamel and is finished with porcelain fixtures and 

 exposed nickelplated 

 plumbing. There are 

 two bedrooms and a 

 storage room on the 

 third floor. A ce- 

 mented cellar contains 

 the heating apparatus, 

 fuel rooms and stor- 

 age space. 



A fourth house 

 (Fig. 2) has an ex- 

 terior covered with 

 pine shingles, with the 

 roof covered with sim- 

 ilar shingles stained 

 moss green. The trim- 

 mings and blinds are 

 painted old ivory 

 white. The u n d e r- 

 pinning is constructed 

 of local rock-faced 



7 — A Design Based on Spanish Motifs 





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ing. There are two bedrooms and 

 story and a cemented cellar contains 

 fuel rooms and storage space. 



stone. The interior 

 has a reception-hall 

 and parlor trimmed 

 with chestnut and 

 stained and finished a 

 Flemish brown, while 

 the dining-room is 

 treated with white 

 paint. The hall con- 

 tains a paneled seat 

 and an ornamental 

 staircase, and the 

 living-room is sepa- 

 rated from it by col- 

 umns supported on 

 pedestals. The din- 

 ing-room has an open 

 fireplace and b a y - 

 window. f he but- 

 ler's pantry, kitchen 

 and laundry are fitted 

 up similar to the ones 

 already described, 

 containing all the best 

 modern conveniences. 

 There are four bed- 

 rooms, painted ivory 

 white, and a bath- 

 room on the second 

 floor and two bed- 

 rooms on the third 

 floor. The bathroom 

 is painted with white 

 enamel and furnished 

 with porcelain fix- 

 tures and exposed 

 nickelplated plumb- 

 trunk room on the third 

 heating apparatus. 



8 The Piazza and Loggias Are the Distinctive Features 



House of Jacob Menken, Esq., at Dyker Heigkts, New York 



Mr. Menken's house shows a conformity to historical 

 styles of Spanish feeling. The principal features are the 

 broad piazza and loggias. The balustrade of the piazza 

 and the exterior of the house is built on a frame construction 

 and covered with metal lath and stucco composed of 

 Portland cement. I'he quaint sloping roof forms a cover 



for the house and the 

 loggias and is sheathed 

 with shingles finished 

 natural. 



The entrance is into 

 a great square living- 

 r o o m, twenty-three 

 feet wide and twenty- 

 nine feet in length. It 

 is trimmed with quar- 

 tered oak, and has a 

 massive beamed ceiling 

 and a high paneled 

 wainscoting. An open 

 fireplace opposite the 

 entrance is built with 

 brick facings and 

 hearth and a mantel 

 of g o 1 d e n oak. To 

 the right of the en- 

 trance is the study. 



