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House & Garden 
Gillies 
Because of its pictorial possibilities the English half- 
timbered house is one of the most popular of all 
transplanted architectural types. The service wing is 
frankly treated as a wing, with its hooded entrance, 
■which is the kitchen door, facing the front 
Residence of 
G. LEONARD JOHNSON 
Englewood , New Jersey 
Aymar Embury II 
A r chile ct 
The gables are designed 
in the characteristic 
manner, with timbered 
and plastered cove at 
the second overhang 
and the plaster has 
been given a very in¬ 
teresting rough texture 
The interesting struc¬ 
ture of the timber-work 
framing the leaded case¬ 
ment windows can be 
seen in this photograph, 
and also the unusual 
round brick columns of 
the flagged entrance 
The plan of this house 
is distinctly an unusual 
one, particularly in the 
treatment of the stairs. 
The “flower room”, be¬ 
hind the curved stair¬ 
case, is a thing too sel¬ 
dom seen in house plans 
Six large bedrooms and 
five baths are provided 
on the second floor, 
with hall and stairway 
space reduced to the 
minimum. The upstairs 
hall attempts to be no 
more than a corridor 
