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Title: American homes and gardens
Identifier: americanhomesgar91912newy (find matches)
Year: 1905 (1900s)
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Subjects: Architecture, Domestic; Landscape gardening
Publisher: New York : Munn and Co
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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248 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS July, 1912
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This unconventional bungalow is built of terra cotta hollow tile, covered with rough plaster, and was designed by its owners An Unconventional Bungalow of Hollow Tile By E. I. Farrington ERHAPS all bungalows are expected to be rear is a massive fireplace and at the front over the en- unconventional, but if that be the case the trance-hall, a gallery which makes an ideal place for read- one owned and occupied by Mr. John L. ing and writing. A group of latticed windows opens from Hamilton of Wollaston, Mass., is excep- this gallery and aid in giving light to the living-room, tionally so. It was designed in all its de- Opening from the living-room are all the other apart- tails by Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton, who take ments. At the same time the rooms on each side constitute especial pride in the fact that there is not a single dark a suite. At the right are two bedrooms with a bathroom corner in it, even the closets being lighted. The plans were between. At the left are two bedrooms with double closets made by Stewart and Marshall, architects. between. These closets are very large and a door opens The walls of the bungalow are built of terra cotta hoi- from one into the other, making what amounts to a secret » OKJKJ unaatMm - ". * ,'•■; rrrj r 1 ?.■ "J '■ ' !>■ jff ' srfcJ ' C -zM A \\~*'. ( ? 0 ,r' ao low tile and the exterior is covered with rough plaster. On the roof is one of the fire-resisting roofing ma- terials now in common use, so that the house is prac- tically fireproof. Although the bungalow, with its wide porch in front and sun parlor at the rear, presents an attractive ap- parence from without, the interior arrangements are of greater interest. Being a true bungalow, the house has but one story. The liv- ing-room, which occupies the center, extends to the roof, and is lighted in part by small dormers. At the

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