. American homes and gardens . 2—The Exterior of the Small Single House Is Good present time. Thatbuilding in this coun-try is now higherthan it has everbeen before is trueand, to overcome it,so that a man maystill be able to builda home within hismeans, it has de-volved upon the ar-chitect to solve theproblem for the cli-ent who wishes asmall house of lowcost and who desiresto build it for asmall amount ofmoney. In this par-ticular case thesehouses were all builtby the company,but the same ques-tion arose from theeconomical stand- January, 1907 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 11. 3—White Painted C
. American homes and gardens . 2—The Exterior of the Small Single House Is Good present time. Thatbuilding in this coun-try is now higherthan it has everbeen before is trueand, to overcome it,so that a man maystill be able to builda home within hismeans, it has de-volved upon the ar-chitect to solve theproblem for the cli-ent who wishes asmall house of lowcost and who desiresto build it for asmall amount ofmoney. In this par-ticular case thesehouses were all builtby the company,but the same ques-tion arose from theeconomical stand- January, 1907 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 11. 3—White Painted Clapboards and Green Painted Blinds Is the Color Schemeof the Small Single House point. These houseswere built cheaply,and, even so, theyhave such merit inthem that they makemodel houses forany one whose re-quirements are nottoo great. M has designedsomething beyondthe commonplacehouse and, in orderto overcome the costof building, it wasnecessary to adoptevery possible eco-nomical means inorder to meet allthe essential require-ments for a well-regulated house oflow cost. In the designingof these houses therehas been but onethought, and that has been to eliminate all unnecessary ornamentation, exceptthat which means something, such as the main cornice, whichis bracketed andgives a dignity tothe building. Allthe houses havesimilar detail, of theColonial style. Theyhave brick founda-tions and underpin-nings laid in whitemortar. The super-structures are cov-ered with matchedsheathing on theoutside of the stud-ding. This sheath-ing is then coveredwith good buildin
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