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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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T IS a difficult matter in planning a house to design one which will combine all the principles of good construction, pleasing ele- vations and well arranged plans, and at the same time one which can be built for a com- paratively small amount of money. It is, also, difficult to secure a house of a distinctive character, for the reason that the usual house built of this class, at the present time, for any such sum of money as the ones illustrated herewith, are usually of the class known as the "square-rigged" type, and are conse- quently without any pronounced charm in them. The difficulty, however, has been overcome, as is demon- strated by Mr. C. Schubert, in the three houses he has de- signed for Mr. Benjamin Guisberg, whose house presents one type, Mr. M. T. Bull's another, and Mr. Ingomals still another, which he has built at Dyker Heights, Brooklyn. The House of Benjamin Guisberg, Esq. The interesting house built for Benjamin Guisberg, Esq., has a pleasing feature in the placing of the entrance porch at isolated manner and in so close proximity to the kitchen that no rear stairs seem necessary when making arrangements for them. The parlor has oak trimmings, painted ivory white, a bay- window with a seat, and an open fireplace with cream tile facings, a hearth and a Colonial mantel. A French window opens into the living-porch from this room. The dining-room is also trimmed with oak and has a beamed ceiling and a plate rack extending around the walls, forming a division for the decorations. There is a bay- window with seat, and an open fireplace with green mottled tiled facings and hearth. A door opens into the butler's closet, which is fitted with drawers and dressers, while an- other door opens into the kitchen, which is fitted with all the best modern conveniences. The second floor is treated with white paint, and the walls of each room are in one color scheme. There are four bed- rooms, each provided with large closets. One of the bed- rooms is fitted with an open fireplace. There is also a bath- room, furnished with a tiled wainscoting, porcelain fixtures and exposed nickelplated plumbing. The third floor con-
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the front and the living porch at the left side of the house, balancing the elevation with a complete harmony. Much care has been given to the planning of the house, in the ar- rangement of its various rooms and the utilization of all the available space. In doing this, it means something more than the getting of the largest number of rooms in a given area, for the rooms must be properly related to one another and thoroughly adapted to the uses for which thev are in- tended. There is a cellar under the entire house which is inclosed with a stone foundation and underpinning. The building above is covered with matched sheathing, good building paper, clapboards and cedar shingles. The clapboards and trimmings are painted a light gray and the shingles are stained in harmony. The roof is covered with similar shingles and is stained a moss green. Upon entering the house one finds oneself in a square hall, which opens into the parlor, dining-room and the stair hall. This hall is trimmed with oak and has a beamed ceiling. The staircase, which Is an ornamental one. Is separated from the hall proper by an archway, and Is placed In such an tains one servant's room and an open attic for storage uses, rhe cost of this house complete was $3750. A House Built for Mr. Ingomals The whole style of this house Is simple and good, and the red tone of the underpinning, the silver gray of the painted clapboards, and the soft brown of the shingles, harmonize well with the Ivory-white painted trim, and the moss-green stained shingled roof. The house Is furnace heated and the cellar Is divided into fuel rooms, etc. The entire arrangement of the house Is most excellent, and it is divided into four rooms on the first floor and the same number and bathroom on the second. A novel feature of this plan is the staircase, which Is placed in a hall by itself, and which, connecting with all the rooms, answers, on ac- count of Its convenient location, for both the rear and front stairway. Entrance to the house is direct to the living-hall, which is trimmed with oak and finished In a Flemish brown, and has an open fireplace with brick facings and hearth and a Dutch mantel. The stairway, as already mentioned, is

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