The house of J. S. Morgan, Esq., Pametos; Messrs. Cope & Steward son, architects. In England the house builder’s first consideration is to 
place the house so that the public, the master’s and the servant departments will occupy the most logical positions in relation to the setting. 
This mam entrance segregates the public part of the house entirely from the more private part, seen on page 1 8, top of page 
The Tudor House for America 
J{ Y R . C 1 . I I’ S T N S T U R G I S 
Photographs by tlie author, Pach Bros, and otliers 
{1 he problem of choosing an architectural style for the American country or suburban home is one of the most puzzling that confront the 
home-builder. In order to bring about a better understanding of the more common types and with the idea of clarifying, as far as possible, this whole 
matter, we have asked a number of prominent architects to present each 
hires of the Colonial, Dutch Colonial, Half-timber, English Plaster, Chicago 
dition were dezieloped and illustrated at length by prominent architects 
common styles which zvill be taken up in future ijjrac.?.—E ditor.] 
S O much has already been written, and so ably written, on 
the subject of domestic work in this country that there 
remains but little to add, and tbe special held 1 am asked to cover 
is so vague and so varied that I may perhaps be excused if 1 try 
to present some general considerations which may guide one in 
determining what his house should be. 
Most of us wdio build houses, in fact a very large proportion, 
wish a home, and it is to the consideration of what a home should 
be that I wish to call attention. Preeminently a home should not 
only be homelike, but should look like a home, and the house 
should seem at home in its surroundings. This would seem much 
like saying that a circle should be round, except for the fact that 
although nearly every one has an idea of a home which is accu¬ 
rate and well-defined, and easily recognized, the idea is not always 
sufficiently clear to be grasped by the imagination. 
It is right that we should turn to England for our precedence, 
for England is a country of homes, and in England more than 
in any other country we recognize the fulfillment of our ideals of 
what home-life means. Of the English homes, the country home 
the case for one particular style. In previous issues the characteristic fea- 
School of Architecture, Swiss Chalet type and the so-called Northern Tra- 
interested in each of these types. There remain one or tzvo of the more 
is the most characteristic and the most appealing, for the English 
of all classes have always made the country their home. They 
love out-of-door life and all connected wdth it, and the}' have 
done this for centuries, and because they have done this for so 
long they have become past-masters in the art of creating homes. 
If, then, we turn to English precedence for inspiration, and try 
to find out the motives and spirit of the domestic work of Eng¬ 
land, we should surely gain some knowledge of what a home 
should be. 
I think the prevailing character in all English domestic work is 
sound common sense. They build for comfort, not for show; 
they count the cost, and build economically. They love the coun¬ 
try, and build so as to preserve its beauties and not mar them 
w’hen the necessary formality is introduced. They plan for 
privacy, because privacy is of the essence of home life, and, be¬ 
cause they do all these things, almost incidentally as it were, they 
build beautifully. I say almost incidentally, because their most 
lovely w'ork seems almost unconsciously beautiful, as if it w'ere 
a beauty attained without effort. 
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