Mr. Coffin’s home is built along perfectly symmetrical lines with a regularity that is accentuated in the details of the doorway and the two enclosed 
porches. An impression of long, low horizontal lines is obtained by filling in the ground in front and surrounding it with a coping. In this 
way no actual space is sacrificed and a pleasing effect results 
THE RESIDENCE OF MR. EL E. COFFIN, GROSSE POINTE, MICHIGAN 
Albert Kahn , architect; Ernest Wilby , associate 
Each of the tile-paved verandas makes an extra room, delightful in 
summer and winter as well 
The dining-room is paneled to the ceiling and gives the effect of rich¬ 
ness with no ornament but the fireplace carving 
