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Identifier: WmALambertLambertssuburbanarchitecture0001 (find matches)
Title: Lambert's suburban architecture
Year: 1894 (1890s)
Authors: Wm A. Lambert
Subjects: house plans -- catalogs domestic architecture designs and plans
Publisher: Wm A. Lambert
Contributing Library: JD Collection

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s to some health resort.In a few weeks, sometimes in two weeks, the water in thetraps so far evaporat.es that they are unsealed, and then fol-lows a stream of air into the house, bearing with it micro-organisms which gradually settle in the layer of fine dustwhich gathers on floors, shelves, ledges over doors, gas fix-tures, etc. If, now, the family returns and occupies thehouse, using only the ordinary processes of sweeping, dust-ing, etc., which do not destroy the germs, but merely scat-ter them about, there is serious danger of sickness. Onleaving a house in this.way, arrangements should be madeto have every fixture in it flushed at least once a week, and,if it be necessary to move into a house which has been forsome time unoccupied; and where you are not sure thatthese precautions have been observed, then thoroughcleansing with cloths wetted with disinfectant solutionsshould be employed a? a matter of ordinary prudence,and should be applied to every exposed surface. . y;^;-; • 1
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r(> LAMBERTS SUBURBAN ARCHITECTURE. Design No. 454.—The fol-lowing is taken from the Hacken-sack Republican^ of April 19, 1894.It gives a good idea of the gen-eral finish, etc., of the building.(These houses could be builtseparate if desired, the cornerone being specially suited for asingle house ; or the two couldbe adapted to an inside plat bychanging the general arrange-ment of the corner house.) The sketch represents thesemi-detached residence of Mrs.Martha E. Smith and her son,Walter B. Smith, now beingbuilt on the corner of Prospectand Central Avenues, Hacken-sack Heights. Being situated onone of the highest points of theheights, it will overlook the entiretown, and will be a notable ad-dition to the beautiful residencesalready erected in that delightfullocality. It is a beautiful exampleof architectural grace and deco-rative taste. u The exterior attractions arespacious verandas, balconies, baysand dormers, the graceful tower,and the unique corner porte-cochere. The founda

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