| Show teal real down east colonial home suggests comfort and hospitality N lek 4 v I 1 I 1 94 at I 1 i i PW V F A compact home of six rooms and bath the exterior is broil broken el up neatly with the gable over the entrance which tends to soften the roof lines study the hie floor plan and see how convenient the rooms are laid out bere Is a genuine home botne feeling by W A RADFORD mr william A radford will s answer questions and give advice PRE fitee OF COST on all subjects pertaining to practical horae building for the readers ot of this paper on account of 0 his hi wide ida experience as editor author and barufa manufacturer tie he is without doubt til highest authority on all these subjects address all inquiries to william A radford no south dearborn street chicago ill and ony only two tor relly those who have hare traveled through pennsylvania maryland and new jersey will recognize it at once that the colonial coloni al type home shown in the accompanying compa nying illustration is patterned after the homos homes that were built in those states a hundred or more y years ears agu ago the design ot of this home is 11 almost an exact copy of those built by the second or third generations of the settlers of those states while it is not the type of colonial home that is I 1 I 1 Q 15 12 tl e first floor plan found in new england it Is suggestive of them in that it lias has the shuttered windows and the alie clapboard siding tills this is a compact home design six sis rooms and bath the exterior is broken up tip neatly with a gable over the entrance the wide dormer and the broken lines of the pitched root roof which extend out to form the porch roof an outside fireplace chimney ot of brick Is also a distinctive feature the entrance at the corner leads into a reception hall ball Off this recep 9 aa 3 ZID ZI D EV 17 OA ivar second floor plan tion hall Is ithe the living room 12 feet 8 6 inches by 15 feet 6 inches at the rear abrou through b a cased opening is the dining room 11 feet 6 inches by 12 feet and adjoining it is the Lit kitchen elien 8 foot feet 0 by 11 feet stairs to the second floor run out of the reception hall and end in a side hall upstairs here are three bedrooms each a corner room the one at the front corresponds with the lining room in size while the one at the back corresponds with the dining room the third bedroom Is small and is oner oer the kitchen at the front and at the end of the upstairs hall is the bathroom this house is 21 24 feet by 26 feet ex es cleslie of the porch projection it is of standard frame construction set on a concrete foundation with the basement the same size as the house this Is a distinctly american home holine and will suit stilt the ideas of a great many prospective home builders the booms rooms are commodious and the exterior of the housein hou bou seIs attractive the wide deep porch is inviting and when this house bouse Is set on a site which permits of plantings of trees and shrubs it will make a most attractive home |
