January, 1919 
A HOUSE FOR TWO in the SOUTHERN STYLE 
Being the Residence of F. C. Malcolm, Esq., at Pelham, N. Y. 
of Which the Architect Was Julius Gregory 
I T is a distinct problem to create a livable 
small house. 
By a small house we mean one that has suf¬ 
ficient accommodations for two and a servant, 
or two and a child and a servant. 
By livable we mean a house that you can 
live in and still maintain your self-respect. 
There are hosts of small houses scattered, over 
the country, but it cannot be said of all of them 
that they are livable according to this canon. 
Yet the more people appreciate the relation be¬ 
tween good architecture, good decoration and 
good living, the quicker will they demand that 
small houses be designed and furnished with 
the same care and professional skill that is lav¬ 
ished on large houses. 
A case in point is the small house shown on 
this page. The aim of the architect was to give 
to it the character and dignity found in some 
of the old Southern Colonial types of architec¬ 
ture. This has been accomplished by simple 
materials used in a natural way. 
The scheme of a two-story porch follows the 
Southern Colonial precedent. Further Col¬ 
onial details are the broad chimney furnishing 
fireplaces on two floors, the quarter-circle win¬ 
dows on each side the chimney, the small paned 
windows throughout, with pierced shutters, 
and the distinctly Colonial type of entrance 
door with side and fan lights. The materials 
used were wide clapboard on the side and 
matched boarding on the front. The chimney 
is brick whitewashed, the surface being broken 
half way up with a wrought iron device and 
the cap pronounced with a triple row of un¬ 
painted brick. 
The Plan 
Inside, the plan is simple. There is the 
usual house-depth central hallway with living 
room on one side and dining room on the other, 
both letting out on the front terrace, which has 
a brick floor, through French doors. The sun 
porch is so located that it is connected with 
Southern Colonial in character, the exterior is a com¬ 
bination of simple materials used in a natural way. 
Clapboard walls are painted white, chimney white¬ 
washed and blinds painted green 
the pantry, through the kitchen, and can be 
used for a dining porch. 
Stairs leading to the second floor have a sim¬ 
ple iron rail and open on a narrow hall that 
gives access to the four bedrooms. These four 
bedrooms are served by two baths. There is a 
plenitude of closet space. On the third floor 
are ' sufficient accommodations for a maid—a 
bedroom and bath—and large storage spaces. 
While there is nothing unusual about this 
plan, it is livable, compact and provides a 
maximum of comfort and accommodations. 
Rooms are well lighted and well ventilated. 
They furnish a background against which the 
occupants by the exercise of discriminating taste 
can create rooms of interest and distinction. 
The first 
floor plan is 
simple and 
compact, 
with livable 
space assign¬ 
ed to each 
room 
On the sec¬ 
ond floor are 
four bed¬ 
rooms, two 
baths and a 
plenitude of 
well placed 
closets 
