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July, 1917 
Where porches flank the ends, the column and cornice treatment 
of the entrance is repeated, but usually the side porch roofs are 
flat decks. Residence of Dr. Frank Moore, Rahway, N. J. 
Where the house was built of brick, this material was usually 
of a simple, dull red, uneven in form and color. Residence 
of Isaac Newman, Esq., Elizabeth, N. J. 
houses had slate roofs, an 
example frequently fol¬ 
lowed in modern work. 
The materials employed 
for walls were shingles, 
clapboards, brick, stone and 
sometimes stucco. The ex¬ 
posed foundation, or 
underpinning, and the ex¬ 
posed chimneys were usu¬ 
ally brick. Frequently this 
brick was veneered with a 
cement coating, or was 
whitewashed, producing 
beautiful results where age 
has chipped and peeled it 
in irregular patches. 
Where porches flanked 
the ends, the column and 
cornice treatment of the 
entrance was repeated, but 
the side porch roofs were 
usually flat decks crowned 
with low balustrades. 
Roofs are gabled or hipped; and a roof with a break near the top followed 
by a flatter pitch to the ridge, as shown at the right below, is often con- 
structed. Residence of Frank T. Staples. Esq.. Bridgeport. Conn. 
The main cornice fur¬ 
nishes us with some of the 
most interesting ornament 
of the Colonial style. Al¬ 
ways small in scale and re¬ 
fined, the parts are so de¬ 
signed that they fairly 
sparkle along the eaves, 
thus breaking up the mo¬ 
notony of the plain walls 
and plainer roof. Several 
of the houses on this page 
illustrate the point. 
Fenestration has always 
born an important part in 
design, and Colonial eleva¬ 
tions are no exceptions. 
Aside from their careful 
grouping, the trim, division 
of glass lights and the 
blinds are important. In 
most cases the window has 
a flat, narrow trim, al- 
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The roof balustrade is found on many old New England homes, 
where it was known as “The Captain’s Walls.” The Carothers' 
residence at Netherwood, N. J. 
Balance is the keynote of the Colonial design. There are chim¬ 
neys at each end, and each end terminates in a porch, open or 
enclosed as here in the Mix residence at Cranford, N. J. 
