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Show Artistic Use of Common Cobblestones j Cobblestone architecture, although common to the degree of monotony In some parts 0f tho country. Is a derided novelty In Salt Lake, and the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Wellington E. Lake at Brlghnm ond C streets Is not only onn . , 10 "10sl attractive examples of this stylo of structure, but u s practlrallv the only large, modern residence of It's style In Salt Luke, the only other ncar-hy ncar-hy example being the summer homo of J. rranlc Judge, outside the city limits. Mr. and Mrs. Lake were their own architects In making the general doslgn for their home, which Is regarded as one or the best appointed lu the city, and the result of their planning has produced a structure which attracts much favorable favor-able comment from visitors, who frequently fre-quently point out tho Lnko home na one of the most attractive In the lor row of beautiful homes presented In a trip out Brlghnm street from the Pioneer monument to Federal Heights. Besides n ballroom on the third floor and a large basement, the house has twelve rooms, as well as two sleeping porches. In making their plans for the interior arrangement. Mr. and Mrs. Lake had only their own wishes to consult, and It was only when they came to figuring figur-ing on the stairs and supports that they ?r'.M J,,BC1 to ca,l on n Professional ajchltect. Among the special conveniences conveni-ences is a vacuum cleaning plant, located lo-cated In the basement of tho home, which Is provided with a three-horsepower motor and Is so connected that It can be operated from any Moor In the house. Incidentally, the Lake home whs J,.m.Si.COmI Su,,t ''ilk0 to bc equipped with Its own cleaning plant of this kind .ml1C ,lr,st. 1loVy ',s. ,nil,t of cobbles tones with a brick backing, while tho upper part of the houso Is built of frame, with nnlsh ' cement tilling and a stucco The cobblestones for the Lake home were picked up near the Hot Springs and selected with speclul care by a Scotchman and nn Englishman . who had had long experience lu such work In England, and. as experts in their line, this work was left to thorn, with excellent excel-lent results. The pergola at the west sldo of the house has recently been In closed as a conservatory, adding greatly great-ly to the beauty of the home. Mr. ImUo has made extensive studies of cobblestone effects as produced In tho east, where the development of this fad has been comparatively ensv on account of tho unlimited supply of material. The evolution of cobble building In Pennsylvania Is nn Interesting story. The hulldets tell that there Is nothing common or useless In the eves of the optimistic man. who is able to find utilitarian utili-tarian and artistic possibilities in everything every-thing Nature created, and Pcnns-.i-vnnluns earliest appreciated the stones which encumber Hold and pasture. For many years the farmer, with back-breaking toll, gathered them inlo his cart or on his stone-boat, and heaped them in great piles, with anathemas, and In these piles the snakes made their nests. Then came an architect one day. who was not bound by the fetters of conventionality, con-ventionality, in his search for that which wan novel and unknown he came across- one of these piles, and. while ho sat on a stump and mused of tho heartrending toll it represented, his mind was flooded with Inspiration. The plans for the net house he drew provided for a wide porch with support and posts built of these same rough and generally useless stone?. When the house was finished It satisfied both his artistic soul and his patron. Then straightway lie proceeded to build another hoiise with a great stone chimney on the outside. This, loo. he pronounced good, and so the use of the cobblestones came Into excellent repute among the architectural clan. Tinstone Tin-stone piles melted, the snakes were forced to find a new refuge In which to nurse their brood; even the stone walls which the farmers of old had reared with Infinite pntlence and labor, because they had nothing else to build fences of. were carried away to become building material In tho hands of tho masons. Rut. while entire buildings of cobblestones cobble-stones are now popular. in ordinary building construction it Is found that the most artistic manner of using Held stones Is to employ them In connection with frame houses. A combination of Wood and stone may be made more effective than either material used alone. A stone norle-cochere is another suggestion sug-gestion which Is growing In favor, botli In frame houses and Ihe house that Is not of wood but of plaster, with a tile roof, and the combination seems equally effective. In addition to the use of cobblestones an an Integral part of the house, many and charming ways aro being found of utilizing them in other parts of the country or suburban estate. A'cry effect ef-fect ivo and massive gateposts are being made from them, and the list of possibilities possi-bilities includes summer-houses, well-houses, well-houses, sundials and similar accessories to an extent which Is not as yet really appreciated by the owners of the suburban subur-ban and country homes. Cobblestone Moors and cobblestone roofs are a distinctly Pennsylvania fad. It Is not unusual now to find a summer-house, summer-house, or a tiny lake-liouse. with a curious curi-ous and Indestructible roof, formed of litllo smooth cobblestones, about the size of hen's eggs, laid in cement. Tho same effect Is carried out In the doors of summer-houses or in porch extensions, where tiny cobbles are embedded In cement ce-ment and form a more novel and picturesque pic-turesque feature than the present craze for floors of quaint tiles. Tho Houston estates, of Chestnut Mill, and some of the neighboring country estates of the Whltcmarsh volley near Philadelphia havo of late evidenced a growing appreciation appre-ciation of quaint forms of architecture for home and garden accessories, and one of tho first typos of quaint cobble flooring was placed about the monument of II. II. Houston, the philanthropist, who did so much for beautifying suburban subur-ban Philadelphia throughout his life. This specimen of cobble lloorlng on the Lincoln drive attracted considerable attention at-tention because of Its novelty, when placed there several years ago; but In the growing fad for cobble building in various forms It Is not unusual today to find cobble floorings even In greater demand de-mand than tile lloorlng. Salt Lake, however, has not yot taken up the cobblestone floor fad and. on account ac-count of tho scarcity of tills material, local lo-cal architects predict that cobblestone houses will be a novelty in I'taii for many years. |