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Show XXIII. Typical low cost suburban dwelling contributed to the Curtis Publishing Company, XXIV. Suburban dwelling for W arren F. Hickox, Kankakee, Illinois. 1900. XXV. Ward W. Willitt's ground plan and perspective of villa, Highland Park, Illinois. A wooden house, plastered outside upon metal lath with cement plaster. Foundation and base-course of cement. Trimmings of wood. XXVI. Masonry dwelling for Mr. Martin, Buffalo, New York. Adjoining the Martin residence. A building in the larger Martin group, occupied as a separate residence. A type of floor plan originated ,in the Walser house at Austin. The main floor is one large room, with entrance and porch at one side. and stair and kitchen on the other. Plate XXVII. A plastered h ouse with cement base and wooden trimmings of the open single room type, with alcoved ends, originated in the Warren Hickox house at Kankakee. Plate XXVIII. Residence of F. W. Little, Peoria, Illinois. 1900. A residence of cream-colored brick. The plan is as the residence was finally built The exterior sketch, the original scheme. Plate XXIX. House of K. C. De Rhodes at South Bend, Indiana. A working out of the main floor as a single room, with utility screens. Kitchen and entrance apart. Slmilar in scheme to Walser. Martin. Henderson and Hickox houses. Plate XXX, Residence of one-story and basement house of E. H. Cheney, Oak Park, Illinois. `904. A one-story brick house set within gardens enclosed by brick walls. The sleeping-rooms separated from the living-rooms by a corridor. Heating-room, laundry, store-rooms and servants'-rooms in basement. Plate XxX1. `899. General view of a city dwelling for Mrs. Susan L. Dana, Springfield, Illinois. A home designed to accommodate the art colleclion of its owner and for entertaining extensively, some- what elaborately worked out in detail. Fixtures and furnishings designed with the furniture. It is not entirely new. The old house, which was incorporated in the structure, is outlined by a heavy line on the plan. The gallery is designed as a gathering place for the artistic activities of the community, and to accommo- date the collection made by its owner. itself serving as a conservatory. It is connected by a covered passage with the house, the passage The hall. dining-room and gallery extend through two stories, and with the ceilings formed in the roof. The terra cotta figure at the entrance was modeled by Richard W. Bock, sculptor. The interior walls are of cream-colored brick closely laid. The woodwork is of freely marked red oak. The sand-finished plaster ceilings are ribbed with wood and stained. Around the dining-room is a decoration of sumac (the plant motif for the decoration of the house proper) and fall flowers, stained in the sand-finished background by George Niedecken. The furniture and fittings were designed with the buildings. |