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Show I sereo in Competition for t '$5QO in Cash Prizes I "T" HE first house under tho prize com- I petition of the Now York Herald and this newspaper is submitted by Mr, i William Grotz, who built his house in Harrington Park, . J., sixteen miles from S'ew Ycrk city, about two and a half years ago, nt ft ' t'Ost of $J;fli7. IHe had his own ideas, which ho put On paper, but .he hired .an architectural draughtsman to put them in nrftetlc.nl working shape. 116 then hired a contractor con-tractor to do the building, which life supervised himself. His plot measures 7C. feet G inches front by 1G0 feet deep, and his house is 4S feet li inches across the froilt arid 'l6 feet deep. It is set back 5o feet from the street, leaving just room enough in the rear for a small garden and a drying yard, with a flower garden and spacious la.wn between the house and the street, the planting is so cleverly done that no other house is risible from this ouc. The exterior is finished in shingles, - aic j-uiuivu uron, me trim ootng JH of black. The tan colored stucco in the S0"H ! FablPS' with b'adk timber strips, add to 9 1 the old English effect. The w&dwork of the windows of the second story :is. fin PLjncd in "hitc on the inside; arid' tfben :&3ltpheF are open -they nffdrd a striking f" contrast to the brown and black of the "jflj eterior. The roof was stained a moss iBj; greon, but this is now takiug.(on a dark on'H "leathered tone. There is a cellar under 1 010 uholG 1101180 with concrete walls, , ifH which form the foundation, and there JHI are two ehinihcjfS, one for.' the Ultellen -iH nQd one for the living room, in which there is a large fireplace. fB The house contains eight rooms'. The jH front entrance is directly into the large $M uing room, opposite which is the stnir-jjH stnir-jjH way, built with two turns aud two plat-4mH plat-4mH form?. In the middle of,thc"roffm.on:lliis jH tide is the fireplace, which le 5f concrete JH with applied ornament!;' having the ap-S?fl ap-S?fl Ptarance of carved stbhfc. ' Jjafll On the opposite yidc of the roonr is-a- IlBI brohrl, shallow bny window with a -seat. 91 ,'A door from this room opens, on lhj im l'or h and another one' tiotnmtinicatcs S with the dining room; This is square, iqWsf'ith two corner lut off by china A elts having doors with diamond pLsod leaded ptfut-'S. and nrrtjrtbcr corner J ,bf a diBnl cunt' dO'Bhu.' Back of the mining loom lis -the Kitihon und buck of "J the living rtfofii a liildi-ffflV playroom.: f .Thru- i rinor from rhi luom to a I mr,l' i.rk iiorch, y.-biwh al'w'has a door J ;fr"m klUhou. JUy ttli ih-nngcmdnt , -. ,tV ihilfli-on jkMli.PUn ItMip (Ul without J !i: 'iA. ft ': -uKtev in oc thA fm h ' ,! -!f-' ' Kt.: ii 5 from t'oisj ?im " " . t'j-i; v.; a luftpin with those yjg V.'ZtiiKm&H 4 : .:' Jr ' ': ''' '? $ b i ' ' HtUf ftiyt fU'Ui'-J The dining room is panelled with oak ; to a height of about five and a half feet and is papered above. All the -windows:, except thbse in (he kitchen, ljatlirOom and children's room, are casements. The wood is painted bfaik oil the first stor windows and white olrthOW m the-Second story. The bny. wuVilow iiilhu.din-Jiip iiilhu.din-Jiip room is fitted .with h 2holfK.. s The f rnu l door" 'is ' dT oftlc, "witii "'six panes of nmbei' glass-," in die upfter piirc On bath sides ju-c electric IiE-hte in kiep-ins kiep-ins with die cliafacter of the. hoiike.',- Thcre is a concrete terrace.- eisht feet wide across Iho front or UlC hOUsO, to whii'h tlll-ec Dr6ad steps Ic&t1 bdm the gardqn, , Aero&s the end of tife house this terrace is nine feet Wide and ij , closed' as a porch. A balcony 'on "vrtiich French windows open fi-oiii the main bedroom offers opportunities for " gay flOwcra, Wljioh look well ngaiust the brown of the house in siiinmer. The rose garden beiow the terrace is a thing of beauty during the blodming season. sea-son. A sun dial and a garden bench are attractive features . it. J yiho house is hefilcd by steam and flighted h;- electricity, tho lisht3.bcint In I Camlelabm form, with rose shades On l.iifo will brackets. , , . 'Ie first cilor tile house wns ?4,04. Tn this Mr. (irotz added $17 for a uil-(fiCj&t uil-(fiCj&t wnlk from Uio eiHftr to the kitelwif, lOn fDi1 .'lihtlnir ntmn4i.-fSX.frr tt ItHiod fur htttrt ehivpt.n. fof! i d- mcfjit r:!-. one sit ont'h ntfl tn the front lopf. tot't Jt'tn'til titws: tor ornaments has a pleasant home eighteen miles from the city, which becomes' more beabtiful every year. "Our idea was td keep within twenty niiles of the city, so we never went beyond be-yond that distance. It took all Of one summer and aittiimn before we found what vre -wanted, but we have never regretted re-gretted onr choice. We bought thirty acres one mile ffdni the station. Part of it was hilly aud ther6 were some beautiful beau-tiful trees on it especially pines. We but a well shaded terrace, against which jH grow iris and lilies, and just beyoud we IH are planting a formal rose garden, with little cedar trees at the ends Of the borders to give character and green in IH the winter. "We have a inan who takes care of the garden and grounds we do no real farming-Mind another who does the housework. They are friends arid Uve in the house, but provide their own meals. This has prOved a satisfactory ' ...Tn,., ..nn.nxi - ...n. ..n -i-at;jii, iT.TT.if.-raij...-,. B ' " ' ' ' " ' " " ' " " ' " " " " 1 II II II BMH - ' 7J ' ' ' H a - : Idling isoofii j! living-iioNi :; j" -bed "room J BEDTaooMj "bedroom w zzzzjizzzzzzzzzzzzz ,KC 'w . I TIEST TLQOR t e k "r a c e. I 3ICQND T LQORl - I 1 CE.UMG- B'W ' CEIUNO S , " ; '. for the living room fireplace: $50 for Ueeotvitin and $15 for extra hardware. This brought the cost nr to $4.70?. He s-pMlt ?22U for grnding. trellises, garden oPHftnienhB, driveway and planting. This, of course, is nut to be included in the udJib of the house, nlthoujrh it could he and still be within the. jri.fjOO". limit It , 1 given of intiTMl lo -those Who con-lerulatc con-lerulatc Wrtblifhlus a liofno. the" jniinb L-eaBoh t jnuy' be mentioned that tho plot on which the house stands cost sl.OOO. Tho second sot oC corapetitK'e plans will be published next week. |