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Show IffijBA.RADFORD SyEfc EDITOR old family home for a hundred years to come. It is 36 feet wide and 23 feet 4 Inches deep; has a roomy porch 7 feet wide extending clear across the front. The porch roof is supported by heavy columns of a style which harmonizes well with the general appearance ap-pearance of the building. The house is surmounted by a hip roof with wide extending eaves. This roof is pierced by two large chimneys also of cement blocks. The second story window arrangement ar-rangement adds a good deal to the beatuy of the design; the windows-are windows-are grouped two together in each case and the sill course of smooth-faced Mr. William A. Radford will answer questions and give advice FREE OP COST on all subjects pertaining to the subject of building for the readers of this paper. On account of his wide experience expe-rience as Editor, Author and Manufacturer, Manufac-turer, he is, without doubt, the highest authority on all these subjects. Address all inquiries to William A. Radford, No. 194 Fifth Ave., Chicago, 111., and only enclose two-cent stamp for reply. A very practical and satisfactory design, de-sign, making use of concrete blocks, is illustrated in the accompanying perspective and floor plans. Concrete blocks have attained considerable popularity pop-ularity where they have been used with discretion and have been used to make some remarkably substantial and satisfactory dwellings. The point of economy has perhaps been urged a little too strongly in the past in connection with concrete blocks for the very best results to have been attained in all cases. Concrete Con-crete blocks are, it is true, more economical econ-omical to use than either cut stone or brick, yet they should not be treated as a cheap material. In other words the same care as to construction and finish should be used with concrete blocks as with any of the other more expensive forms of building material. The concrete blocks should be treated as cut stone and the accompanying construction and finish carried out just as with it. In this way perman- I Bed Pm. Imte Bed Rm . ll'O'XIS'J- Hall tf"6"XI3'3 Bed Room L rj f imw j n 1 Second Floor Plan f . . ..... 'vlB: ! ;! ;! ! 3 Kitchen njv&cjtti EE j)icrriv n -1-t"-vHau: .: ;; SjffwwJJr"" i I m J; ij:QiNiNG.RM. j Porch '-rr------f stone is continuous around the entire house. It can be seen from the floor plana that the interior arrangement of this house is a commodious and hospitable one, which one would expect from the exterior appearance. There is a broad central hall with a large living room on the right extending clear through from the front to the rear. On the left of the hall Is a dining room, just back of which is the kitchen. kitch-en. Between the kitchen and dining room is the butlers' pantry. On the second floor are bedrooms, a den or sewing room, large bathroom and Ave clothes closets. The cost of this house, using first-class first-class construction and good grade of hardwood floors down stairs and yellow yel-low pine trim, is estimated at $2,800. This price would vary considerable, consider-able, of course, in different sectlonH of the country, depending upon the cost of the materials entering into the cement blocks. First Floor Plan ently satisfactory work is assured and still at a considerable saving of expense. ex-pense. This design is one well adapted Lp the material. It is a square substantial-looking house, a house dignified in appearance one suitable for the |