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Show A Ten-Room Cement Block House for $4000. DESIGNED BY CHARLES S. SEDGWICK, ARCHITECT. i PLAIN, rectangular bonnes aro best i adapted to the use of cement blocks. Houses of this description nro lo demuod aod ore building in great numbers through the small towns aod villages of our country. The design shown Is simple nud plain, but altogether a good comfortable hoimo, and one that Is easy to construct of blocks. The size is 28 feet la width by 30 feet la depth, with a wide plnzxu across the front. The main part of the bouse is carried urouod ui.di-r iho front piazza. There Is a I urge parlor in frout, well opened with tho hall by a widc-columtied archway; back of the parlor is tbe living room nod" back of that tbo library. At the right of tbe living room Is the dining-room, dining-room, connecting through columned archway. arch-way. Tho library bns a largo ctosut nnd can bo used for a bedroom If desired. In the second story nre four large and oue sinill bedroom, also bathroom. Tbo nttlc story provide one large amusement amuse-ment ball well lighted through dormer windows. The uuMi of the Douse throughout Is in boi'dwood, and the cost, exclusive of beat lug uud pluuiblug, In estimated at $-1,000, The cement blocks on the outside can be given a waterproof water-proof wssh of such color as suits tho tiiste. This wash makes the blocks Impervious Im-pervious to the weather mid Is n good preservative, Tbo rather sombre appearance appear-ance of th. cement block woll cao be much helped by painting tbo woodwork of the Anv.ta, rornli-cs. columns und window win-dow frames either white or a very light crcniu color. It also looks extremely woll to st.t the blocks hi either white LMortar or iiKii'tui'-rolored yellow. Care should be t'lheii In selecting i-'inent blocks to ace thai tlu-y are uU Uuid. |