March, 1912 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
impaired its liveable¬ 
ness or to have less¬ 
ened the affection of 
his family for it. 
They wanted a house 
with plenty of rooms, 
well arranged and 
simply but tastefully 
trimmed and fur¬ 
nished, and t h e y 
wanted a house on 
which vines could 
climb and near wbich 
plants and shrubs 
could grow as though 
they naturally be¬ 
longed there and were 
a part of the house it¬ 
self. These were to 
be the essential ele¬ 
ments of the final 
structure, and it then 
remained to combine 
them into their har¬ 
monious assemblage 
in the building itself. 
Although the 
house was to be 
built from the in¬ 
side out, first of all 
there was to con¬ 
sider the size and 
shape of his lot. the 
slight slope of the 
ground, the south- 
e r n outlook in 
front and the back¬ 
ground of trees. 
The result was a 
house with a front¬ 
age of 60 feet on the 
street and a depth of 
29 feet exclusive of 
the sun-parlor exten¬ 
sion on the southwest 
corner. This broad 
frontage provided am¬ 
ple space for generous 
living quarters. The 
sun-parlor should ad¬ 
join the living-room, 
and furthermore 
should be on the south 
side and preferably 
ought to be removed 
somewhat from the 
main approach. The 
dining-room should 
be on the front side 
of a house of this 
shape with the oppor¬ 
tunity remaining for 
a long living-room 
also on the front. 
These were manifest¬ 
ly the factors that de¬ 
termined the arrange- 
A feature of the living-room is the fireplace of Indiana limestone with no mantel shelf above 
it, bringing out the beauty of the stained and paneled woodwork 
The plans show generous allotment of space both on the ground floor and upstairs 
All impression of bareness is relieved by the use of a simple lattice running over the larger 
blank spaces of the walls 
ment of the ground 
floor, with the dining¬ 
room in the front 
southeast corner, 15 
by 16 feet, the living- 
room 16 by 27 feet in 
the southwest corner, 
with the sun-parlor 15 
feet square opening at 
one side, and the den 
I by 12 feet in the 
rear on the northwest 
corner. The recessed 
main entrance and its 
vestibule, and the 
stairs to the second 
floor, breaking and 
turning, with a land¬ 
ing half way up, are 
compactly but cen¬ 
trally arranged, leav¬ 
ing the main hall 8 
by 15 feet as a direct, 
unlu-oken passageway 
between living and 
dining-rooms, practi¬ 
cally as an exten¬ 
sion of the living- 
room because of 
the absence of a 
door between and 
liecause practically 
the same method of 
finishing is e m - 
ployed in both. Ar¬ 
ranged in the rear 
are the working 
quarters, consisting 
of kitchen, three 
pantries, toilet and 
one closet, with direct 
entrances into the din¬ 
ing-room. the hall and 
the den. and stairs 
to the second floor. 
The recessed rear 
porch or garden en¬ 
trance, because of the 
slope of the ground, 
is five steps below the 
ground floor level 
with stairs down to the 
cellar and up to tlie 
main floor sections. 
On the second floor 
are five bed cham- 
bers, two bathrooms, 
two closets with 
washstands, six cloth¬ 
ing" closets, and a 
sleeping porch, all ar¬ 
ranged as shown in 
the plan. It is inter¬ 
esting to note that 
each chamber may be 
(Confiinied on pas^e 
65) 
