American homes and gardens . w, and the actualmaterial would beabout the same forboth the four-inchand six-inch block,and the thickerblock gives a moresatisfactory jambfor the doors andtrim. The faces ofthese partitions, aswell as the walls andceilings, are in themain plastered withpulp plaster, whichhas the advantageof giving a soft andpleasing , it can betinted or adapted tovarious applied dec-orations. Some ofthe walls are, how-ever, covered withburlap tacked toone-half inch stripsput in after the wallsand partitions werecompleted. The house stands by itself on a large corner
American homes and gardens . w, and the actualmaterial would beabout the same forboth the four-inchand six-inch block,and the thickerblock gives a moresatisfactory jambfor the doors andtrim. The faces ofthese partitions, aswell as the walls andceilings, are in themain plastered withpulp plaster, whichhas the advantageof giving a soft andpleasing , it can betinted or adapted tovarious applied dec-orations. Some ofthe walls are, how-ever, covered withburlap tacked toone-half inch stripsput in after the wallsand partitions werecompleted. The house stands by itself on a large corner lot, the twoprincipal sides being flanked by a terrace, the wall of whichis built of blocks a little wider than the rest, and havingplain edges. The front entrance as seen in Fig. 16 is cov-ered with a hood built entirely of concrete, the brackets androof being reinforced with plain round rods. On one sideof the house is a veranda, the columns of which are built oflarge blocks and carrying a balustrade of interlaced 1 5—Leaded Glass Windows and a Pergola Lend Character to the Building This construction isbetter shown in On the sameside of the houseand a little towardthe rear is a pergola,the columns o fwhich are built upsquare, with girdersof reinforced con-crete carrying raft-ers of small polesKit with the barkon. With thesecovered with twin-ing grape-vines theplace will be one ofbeauty as well asusefulness. Thisp e r g o 1 a is shownin more detail inFig. 15. The roof is ofsomewhat novelconstruction, thefireproofing systembeing also carriedout here. The raft-ers are reinforcedwith Kahn bars,and over these islaid a slab of con-crete reinforcedwith plain round rods placed both vertically and horizontallyon the roof surface. The top is of a richer composition, andalthough it has been through a number of both summer andwinter storms, no sign of a leak has appeared. The slabforming the roof extends down to form a cornice, thus com-pleting the frame without a sin
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