The New House 
know of but half a dozen that are built in their 
structural parts of non-combustible, non-damageable 
materials. Wood, wood, and nothing but wood 
(with perhaps a brick wall occasionally, or a slate 
roof) constitutes the framework, the skeleton, if not 
the entire finish of our domestic architecture. And 
what a shame in this age of progress that it is so! 
SECOND FLOOR PLAN OF TYPE A 
It used to be the fashion to build business houses, 
retail stores, hotels, etc., in the same way, but of 
late years our business men have actually begun to 
learn that that mode of construction was not only 
criminal, but actually unprofitable. Ah, that’s 
AN ENGLISH HALF-TIMBERED EFFECT ADAPTED TO TYPE A-DESIGN NO. 2 
Lindley Johnson, Architect, Philadelphia 
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