A House at Brookline , Massachusetts 
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A HOUSE AT BROOKLINE. 
MASSACHUSETTS. 
Designed by J. A. Schweinfurth , Architect. 
T O make a large house “ look small,” 
that is to provide a generous number of 
rooms within the limited property lines ot a 
suburb where land is expensive, is an enigma 
to which the architect’s task is frequently 
reduced. Even more than this was to be 
solved by the designer of A House at Brook¬ 
line, for the owner of that house, was un¬ 
usually considerate of his neighbors, and 
was determined to protect their outlook 
which lay across his property. The lot was 
long and narrow, having its length parallel 
to the street, and with a fifteen-foot restriction 
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at the rear. The plan necessarily adopted 
was also long and narrow and parallel to the 
street. The front of the house,—requiring 
to be placed near the public thoroughfare,— 
was made perfectly simple, and the pro¬ 
jections necessary for cheerful living-rooms 
were placed elsewhere. It is especially at 
the west end of the house where these have 
been developed to gain advantage there of a 
pleasant prospect across a sloping lawn to a 
large public lake or reservoir. 
Considerable grading had to be done at 
this side of the property in order to make a 
short level terrace of ground before an end 
of the house which became, on account of 
its natural surroundings, an important facade. 
At present this prepared ground, unaided by 
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