A NEW HOUSE IN JERSEY CITY 
Designed by WILSON EYRE 
T H E most 
interesting 
ofhouses lately 
built in Jersey 
City is the one 
here presented. 
The first illus¬ 
tration is a 
sketch which 
grew from the 
architect’s im¬ 
aginings and 
which was made 
in heavy color 
on rough paper. 
Following this 
drawing are a 
number of photographs taken of the house 
as it has been finished. The site is on Gif¬ 
ford Avenue, in the open portion of the city 
bordering on the suburbs ; and the design of 
THE ARCHITECT S PRELIMINARY STUDY 
the house has 
been suited to 
that semi¬ 
suburban local¬ 
ity. The plan 
is not uncom¬ 
fortably con¬ 
densed nor is 
there an effect 
of “ too much 
house upon the 
lot ”—an error 
commonly seen 
in suburban 
properties.The 
plot measures 
76 by 1 10 feet, 
and the house has been placed near enough 
to the boundaries of one side and the rear to 
give space for a wing. This angular plan 
gives distinction to the house at once. It 
THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE 
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