January, 1916 
1 he Pennsylvania Colonial type of window 
in which shape, panes and shutters are the 
three elements. The shutter hardware is a 
local style capable of adaptation 
A range of leaded casement windows, suit¬ 
able for a country house. The framework 
is oak, without any sort of finish, fastened 
together with oak pins which project 
The round - headed window 
with double-hung sash, small 
panes and fitted shutters is 
decorative in itself. Simplic¬ 
ity of line requires no other 
decoration. It should be 
placed in such position in a 
fagade as to be a center of 
interest. The type should not 
be used too often on one front. 
Wilson Eyre, architect 
If the nature of the rest of the 
fagade permits, staircase windows 
are unquestionably the most in¬ 
teresting for the architect and 
housebuilder. Varied uses and 
positions allow numerous forms. 
An unusual treatment in this 
house, designed by Edmund B. 
Gilchrist, is the tiered and brick 
mullioned staircase corner case¬ 
ment window above 
I he idea of the old English iron 
casement is being adapted success¬ 
fully by American architects. They 
are modernly practical and yet 
lack none of the old charm. In a 
house of English Tudor or Eliza¬ 
bethan design, such as this, noth¬ 
ing is more suitable than a tiered 
and stone mullioned staircase lead¬ 
ed casement window. Edmund B. 
Gilchrist, architect 
In planning a fagade the architect 
deals with spaces and voids—• 
spaces the wall, voids the windows, 
and upon the juxtaposition of the 
two depends his success. In this 
house, of which Edmund B. Gil¬ 
christ is architect, several types 
are shown—round-top stairs win¬ 
dow, a French window with bal¬ 
cony, double hung sash windows 
alone and in pairs, and in one in¬ 
stance, flanked with panels later to 
be filled with Della Robbia 
lues 
WINDOWS FOR 
YOUR HOUSE 
Types to be Considered by the 
Prospective House Builder 
