rko hnmp \he Misses McVean at Great Neck. Lontz Island. 
A Little House in Good Taste 
By T. C. Turner 
Photographs by the Author 
K growing demand through recent years 
for small houses that are artistic yet inex- 
pensive has resulted in more serious atten- 
tion to the subject from American archi- 
tects than fortuerly. A trip into the 
suburbs of any of our large cities, where 
newly plotted building areas are constantly being laid out, 
would prove a veritable revelation to the man who twenty 
years ago was content to receive, from the hands of his 
builder, the almost stereotyped form of cottage that was in 
vogue for the prospective owner who might not wish to ex- 
pend more than $3,000 or $4,000 on his home. 
Attractive houses and small cottages are now being 
erected everywhere each 
season. Some of these ex- 
amples of our domestic 
architecture occupy more 
fortunate sites than others, 
thereby taking upon them- 
selves the added value anti 
picturesqueness which nature 
has provided. Nevertheless 
the architect of to-day exhibits great skill in Htting the house 
to its site, however difficult the problem may be. 
An excellent example of a well planned house is the home 
of the Misses McVean, at Great Neck, Long Island, here 
illustrated, which was designed by Eugene J, Lang, of New 
York. T he cottage is what may be termed an adaptation 
of the New England Colonial type, a type not easily 
worked out on so small a scale as it has been here with great 
success. On account of the small dimensions, the centre 
hallway, so characteristic of early Colonial homes, had to 
be dispensed with, and the entrance-door so placed as to lead 
directly into the living-room. The staircase to the second 
floor is also reached from the living-room. I'he dining- 
room is placed between the 
living-room and the kitchen, 
and extends the w hole 
breadth of the house. A 
service door is located at the 
end of the house and a con- 
veniently placed staircase 
leads to the cellar. 
'J'hc owners of this little 
First floor plan 
View of the living-room 
Second floor plan 
