A New House in Jersey City 
also insures a maximum of light and 
air, and provides a variety of views from 
the windows. 
Those necessary features of American 
houses which are so difficult to treat archi¬ 
tecturally—the porches, have been unusually 
well managed. One is confined entirely 
within the outline of the house and will 
further be enclosed by means of glass in 
story of the house ; and above it is a frame 
construction covered with roughcast. The 
outside woodwork is a brown—almost nat¬ 
ural—color, with the exception of the win¬ 
dow sash, which are nearlv white. 
The visitor enters directly into the hall and 
finds one of the most striking features of the 
interior in a stairway boldlv expressive of its 
construction and material. The reception 
THE HALL AND THE MAIN STAIRWAY 
winter. The other porch has been applied 
to the exterior of the house, but it too is 
enclosed within the design by means of a 
low brick wall, forming both a terrace and 
a connection between the front door and 
the front porch. This tying together of 
external features is a marked characteristic 
of the English domestic style of building 
upon which the design may be ultimately 
based. 
Rough brick is the material of the first 
room and dining-room are appropriately 
placed in relation to the hall, but are of 
secondary interest to the living-room, two 
views of which are here given. The exceed- 
ingly vigorous detail extends even to the 
frame of a decorative panel over the mantel 
shelf. This plaster ornament so enclosed was 
modeled by Louisa Eyre. The room is 
finished in quartered white oak. Elsewhere 
in the second story and attic, cypress and 
white pine have been used. 
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