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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



November, 1907 



The House Stands Endwise to the Road 



thereto, which precludes the ice-man from entering the 

 house. It is also fitted with a sink, store pantry, dresser and 

 a range. The laundry, which is off the kitchen, and is also 

 used for a servants' hall, is fitted with porcelain wash tubs. 

 It has a broom closet and a door opening onto the rear porch. 

 The second floor is trimmed with white pine treated with 



The principle bathrooms have tiled wainscotings and 

 floors,! and are furnished with porcelain fixtures and exposed 

 nickelplated plumbing. 



There is a large den fitted with book-shelves built in and 

 an open fireplace on the third floor. The treatment of the 

 room is with red wall covering and black painted trim. 



ivory white paint, while the walls of each room are treated 

 with one distinctive color scheme. This floor is divided 

 into bedrooms, furnished with all the necessary appurten- 

 ances. The owner's suite, consisting of two bedrooms, 

 dressing-room and bathroom, are conveniently arranged; be- 

 sides these rooms, there are one other bedroom, with private 

 bath, and two servants' bedrooms and bathrooms, which are 

 reached from the kitchen by a private stairway. 



There is also two guest rooms and a trunk room on this floor. 

 The heating apparatus, fuel rooms and storage room are 

 placed in the cellar, which has a cemented bottom. 



Professor Reid's house presents a successful treatment of 

 a site which was treeless and in the open ; the house is placed 

 on a knoll ascending from the boulevard, which the end of 

 the house faces, the house being placed endwise to the road, 

 the main entrance seemingly being on the side. 



