The Private Garage 
FRONT VIEW OF MR. DANE’S GARAGE 
off the motor room from the rest of the building. 
I he floors of the workshop and auto room are of 
cement laid on a bed of broken stone with no base¬ 
ment under. The floors of the porch, man’s room 
and bath are of wood and there is enough space 
under them to keep them warm in winter. The 
walls of the shop are of wood with the framing show¬ 
ing inside, and the walls of the man’s room and 
bath are sheathed with hard pine sheathing, stained. 
All the rooms are finished up to the roof with the 
roof timbers showing. The whole exterior is plas¬ 
tered. 
I he third illustration shows a house which was 
designed by Allen W. Jackson for himself, and built 
in Cambridge, Mass. It was necessary in this 
case, on account of the size of the lot of land, to 
build a room for a motor car in connection with 
the house, and as will be seen* this was done at 
the service end of the house. This room is com¬ 
pletely isolated from the rest of the house, being en¬ 
closed by brick walls and the ceiling and floor are 
fireproof, being built of Guastavino vaults. The 
room being shaped as it is, is admirably adapted 
to its use, as the alcove with its work-bench and 
*This interesting house was fully described and illustrated in the issue of House 
and Garden for December, 1905. 
outside entrance is well fitted for a workshop, and 
there is sufficient room all around the car to get at 
it comfortably for cleaning it. The floor is of 
cement and pitched to a drain, under the car. This 
fireproof room probably added five or six hundred 
dollars to the cost of the house. 
The fourth photograph with its plan shows a 
most interesting solution of the garage problem on 
a larger scale. It is one built at Manchester, Mass., 
for W. D. Denegre, Esq. and was designed by An¬ 
drews, Jaques & Rantoul at a cost of approximate¬ 
ly $5,000. As will be seen by the plan it was de¬ 
signed to accommodate four carriages, and is arranged 
so that each carriage stands opposite its own door 
which, of course, is the ideal arrangement where it 
is possible. It has the advantage also of economy 
in construction, as it enables the motor room to be 
made narrow from back to front, as no space need 
be given in front of the cars to allow for turning in 
going out. The workshop is located at the side of 
the cars and is amply lighted, having a window at 
both ends and a skylight overhead. The blacksmith 
shop, which is used both in connection with the 
garage and the farm buildings on the estate, is com¬ 
pletely cut off from the rest of the building on ac¬ 
count of danger from gasolene. In one corner of 
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