The Small House Which is Good 
I. A New Colonial House in Salem —A. C. Richardson, Architect 
II. A Cottage in a New Jersey Village — Geo. T. Pearson, Architect 
A New Colonial House in Salem 
HE accompanying illustrations, etc., show a 
house recently erected at Salem, Mass., the 
ancient Puritanical city so well known the 
world over for its past history and especially for its 
many fine examples of Colonial architecture. 
Probably no city in the country has better repre¬ 
sentative types of the Colonial period than the city 
in which Hawthorne was born. For its refinement 
of mouldings, delicacy of detail, proportions, etc., it 
stands distinctively apart. 
Thoroughly appreciating the beauty of the old and 
realizing that any new work should conform to the 
spirit of the past and be harmonious with the sur¬ 
roundings, the architect has followed throughout, 
both outside and inside the detail, proportions, etc., 
abounding in the city. 
The house is fortunate in being placed on a large 
and beautifully located lot, overlooking the harbor 
from which many a ship and bark has sailed in times 
past to the remote corners of the earth bringing back 
cargoes, the value of which made possible the erection 
of the many fine mansions. 
It is set back about one hundred and seventy-five 
feet from the street named in honor of General 
Lafayette after his visit and entertainment at the 
home of one of the old Salem families. 
The exterior is of wood and the walls are clap- 
boarded excepting the front, the central portion of 
which is of plain matched sheathing and on each 
side there is rusticated sheathing with a sinkage, 
not beveled, but at right angles. 
The columns are square instead of round and 
the balustrades are of an exceptionally interesting 
design; the roof balustrade has the old time blind or 
fan ornament in the center. 
The front entrance is enriched by the sidelights 
of leaded glass painted white, as is the entire house; 
the pilaster caps have been carefully modeled after 
an old example, having a partially opened rosebud 
in place of the common rosette, etc. 
Entrance to the house is through a vestibule (at 
each side of which are coat closets) into the liv¬ 
ing-room, off of which opens the library with its 
book-cases, seat and fireplace; between living 
and dining-room there is a sun and flower bay, a 
large built-in elliptical settle opposite a fireplace 
of red brick with wide white mortar joints; a wooden 
grdle fills in space between the columns at ends of 
settle. 
A side entrance leads to hall and back stairs, 
cellar stairs are most accessible both from kitchen 
and main hall; both butler’s and kitchen pantry 
are conveniently located between kitchen and dining¬ 
room, and the latter is provided with a buffet with 
glazed doors, shelves, drawers, etc. 
The main staircase goes to a landing from which 
entrance is obtained to the loggia; the second floor 
has five chambers all of which have ample and roomy 
closets. Owners’ bath has bay for sun baths as an 
additional feature. A sewing-room fitted up with 
flap shelves, drawers, etc., is also provided for. 1 he 
attic has space for four bedrooms. 
The interior, excepting the service portion, is 
finished entirely in white with mahogany doors and 
is simple but effective; the floors are of hardwood 
throughout. The landscape plan shows the scheme 
for beautifying the grounds about the house to the 
best advantage. 
A Cottage in a New Jersey Village 
T HE result sought in the plan of this cottage 
which has been built in a southern New 
jersey village—was the arrangement, within 
the limits of a small rectangle, of an effect somewhat 
rambling, with attractive nooks, to utilize every 
square foot of space to advantage, and to give an 
interior of apparently greater scope than the size 
would indicate. To this end, vistas through the 
house are lengthened by placing windows and doors 
on axial lines so that the view is continuous to some 
point of interest from the main rooms. 
The walls are of plain and header bricks first story, 
with second story of frame, white pebble-dashed 
between timbering, the roof of shingles, and a cellar 
is under the entire house. 
The third story has two bedrooms, and trunk 
closets. Main hall has chestnut wood finish, in 
silver gray stain, and the remaining rooms painted 
wood finish. Simple and appropriate detad marks 
the designs of mantels, stairway, arch to hall alcove 
and china closets. The floors throughout are of 
narrow boards, oil finished; the construction of all 
portions substantial, and the utilities of the house 
such as plumbing, heating and cooking appliances 
all of the best class. When built the cost was $5,700, 
but under existing conditions of labor, etc., would 
represent a value of about $6,500 complete in a suburb 
not dominated by city prices. 
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