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A CONCRETE COTTAGE
available and also an unusual amount of light and air. The foundation is of concrete and is continued upward on a gentle slant from the ground to a line at the base of the windows on the first floor, which gives a continuous horizontal line on a level with the parapets of the porches that are placed on either side of the front wing.
The main entrance porch is at the right of the house, as shown in the half-tone illustration, while the kitchen is entered from the porch on the left. The rear porch is recessed and extends the whole width of the wing, being large enough to serve as a very comfortable dining room. For this style of house we would recommend that all the porches be floored with red cement divided into squares. As shown in the illustration of the interior, the rooms on the first floor are separated with the open post-and-Panel construction, which merely indicates a division between them.
A SECTION OF THE LIVING ROOM, SHOWING ENTRANCE HALL, STAIRWAY, CHIMNEYPIECE, FIRESIDE SEAT AND A GLIMPSE OF THE DINING ROOM. NOTE THE WAY THE WOODWORK IS USED TO CARRY THE SAME STRUCTURAL IDEA THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE LOWER FLOOR.
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SECOND STORY FLOOR PLAN.