American homes and gardens . Fi .1 5—Plan of the First Floor, Showing the Hall and Living-Room Extending Throughthe Depth of the House and the Dining-Room and Other Dependencies be enhanced in beauty byattractive doorways andleaded windows, asshown in Fig. 1, or byornamental balustradesand pergolas, as pre-sented in Figs. 15 and16. Concrete, undercertain conditions, canbe admirably orna-mented to meet the re-quirements of an aes-thetic taste. One of the most in-teresting and importanthouses built in theform of solid reinforced August, 1906 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 87. 6—The Construction
American homes and gardens . Fi .1 5—Plan of the First Floor, Showing the Hall and Living-Room Extending Throughthe Depth of the House and the Dining-Room and Other Dependencies be enhanced in beauty byattractive doorways andleaded windows, asshown in Fig. 1, or byornamental balustradesand pergolas, as pre-sented in Figs. 15 and16. Concrete, undercertain conditions, canbe admirably orna-mented to meet the re-quirements of an aes-thetic taste. One of the most in-teresting and importanthouses built in theform of solid reinforced August, 1906 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 87. 6—The Construction of the Columns to the Piazza concrete construction is Grasslands (Figs. 2 and 4), anderected for Alexander Smith Cochrane, Esq., at East View,N. Y., of which Mr. Robert W. Gardner, of New York, isthe architect. It is a most imposing house, and standsupon a site of a former dwelling of historic interest. Itssilver-gray walls and roof blend well into the soft green ofthe magnificent trees with which the site abounds, and whichform a very delightful setting for the house. The walls are built of solid concrete, resting on a stonefoundation. The forms for the walls were made so that thewalls could be built one story at a time, and were constructedof rough lumber. These forms were fastened together withiron rods with key nuts and washers, passing through thewalls in the lines of uprights, serving to hold the boards inplace and to prevent spreading as the concrete was deposited,rammed and spaded. The window and door frames were placed in position be-fore the walls were c
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