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Title: American homes and gardens
Identifier: americanhomesga41907newy (find matches)
Year: 1905 (1900s)
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Subjects: Architecture, Domestic; Landscape gardening
Publisher: New York : Munn and Co
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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roofs are covered with shingles and The arrangement of each house is most complete in every respect. The small single house presented in Figures i, 2 and 3, cost $2,100 com- plete. The frontage is twenty-eight feet and six inches, and the depth is twenty- six feet; this is ex- clusive of the front and the two side porches. The plan of the house which is pre- sented in Figure 1 shows an entrance from a small porch placed in the center of the building. This entrance door opens into a hall, which contains an orna- mental staircase pro- vided with white painted steps and balustrade. The rail is of dark oak. From the hall access is obtained to the living-room and the dining-room, and each of the latter connects with the kitchen be- yond. One chimney, placed in the center of the house, suffices for each room, and the rooms on the first floor, being lo- cated as they are with connection to the kitchen, permit of sufficient heat be- ing taken from the kitchen range to heat the living-room and dining-room until extremely cold weather. The living-room opens on to the porch at one side, while a similar porch, placed at the oppo- site side of the house, opens from the dining-room. These -The Larger Single House Is Designed With the Same Colonial Features as the Small Single House
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5—The Plans of the Large Single House Show a Central Hall with Rooms on Either Side

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