HOUSE AND GARDEN 
NUARY, 1912 
The houses make an interesting comparison of use m deciding upon materials. Both are almost identical except for the roof cut away on the 
stucco house and the addition of a dormer. The two service entrances are desirable additions, each in good keeping with its style of house 
Oscar C. Gotte s le b en , ar c kite ct, Detroit 
The casement windows swinging in are an example of another way to obtain 
watertight windows of this class. (See page 32.) They have a si)ecially made 
brass catch which jambs the sash into rebates (the step-like edges each on a 
different level like those on a refrigerator door), thus making the jambs weather 
tight. They are narrow and therefore do not swing into the room more than 7 
inches, the remaining 8 inches are taken into a deep jamb. The screens on the 
outside avoid the annoyance of having neat cretonne and linen taffeta draw-cur¬ 
tains soiled on the wire which has a remarkable attraction for dust and dirt. 
In the matter of plumbing, the fixtures are all about one “stack” or main 
drain and vent pipe, so that the economy is carried to a point of perfection in 
that respect. The basement has a toilet and laundry tubs just under the 
kitchen sink. A large area to the east lights the laundry sufficiently, as the 
low setting of the house makes the other basement windows rather small. 
The conjunction of the agreeable and the practical has been a condition that 
was constantly kept in mind while building this little place on a common city 
lot only 50 by 171 feet in size. Its itemized cost is as follows: 
Although the hall is small, its simple 
grey wood adds apparent size 
Masonry . $1,900.00 
Carpentry . 1,450.00 
Painting and glazing. 175.00 
Plastering . 228.00 
Tiling . 44.00 
Galvanized iron work. 54.00 
Electric wiring . 55-00 
Electric fixtures . $ 80.00 
Hot water heating . 400.00 
Hardware . 75-oo 
Decorating . 125.00 
Walks, fence and sodding. . 140.00 
Plumbing . 365.00 
$5,091.00 
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The stucco house has another adaptation of the Salem door¬ 
way. Both show different and appropriate uses of lattice 
The rear of the stucco house has a different porch and window treatment from 
the brick. The stucco is applied over 1 2-inch brick walls 
