A RESIDENCE FOR MR. JAMES P. DUNCAN, ST. LOUIS 
Louis C. Spiering, Architect 
r | 'HIS house is located in Cabanne, one 
of the choice West End residence dis¬ 
tricts of the city of St. Louis. The lot, an 
inside lot, is 50 feet wide by 185 feet deep. 
The building line on this street is 40 feet 
back of the sidewalk. At the rear of the lot 
10 feet were deducted for one-half the width 
of the proposed alley. The lot plan illus¬ 
trates the position of the house on the lot. 
The arrangement of the backyard may be 
considered as the key note of the general 
layout, and a novelty in St. Louis. The space 
at the rear of the house has been divided 
so as to utilize a small part of it only for a 
service court, the remaining portion to be laid 
out in a simple formal garden, the separation 
to be formed by a substantial wire fence on 
which vines will be grown. As will be seen 
from the lot plan, some study has been given 
to providing in a simple and inexpensive 
way an artistic setting for the house. 
The stairbay borders on the west party 
line, leaving all the vacant space not occu¬ 
pied by the house on the east side. The 
advantage of this is twofold. In winter the 
morning sun enters the dining-room and 
living-room on the first floor and the prin¬ 
cipal bedrooms on the second floor. In sum¬ 
mer the east side of the house, where the 
porch and terrace are located, is shaded in 
the afternoon. 
It will further be seen by reference to the 
plans that on each floor every room hut one 
has southern exposure, a matter of consider- 
PERSPECTIVE VIEW 
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