Elegant Country and Suburban Houses of the Twenties
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A variety of distinctive architectural styles are depicted, from a simple Long Island Dutch colonial to an elegant Spanish villa in California with courtyard and terrace. Floor plans as well as interior and exterior views display an array of striking arrangements: central buildings with flanking wings and pavilions, arched passageways, kitchens with pantries, sun porches, servants' rooms, and even a "men's dining room"; while photographs depict such architectural details as sweeping staircases, gardens and pools, and decorative cornices, chimney caps, and fireplace mantels.
An ideal reference for preservationists and home restorers, this volume will delight enthusiasts of gracious architecture of the 1920s.
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Elegant Country and Suburban Houses of the Twenties - Dover Publications
Bibliographical Note
This Dover edition, first published in 2005, is an unabridged republication of the work originally published by U. P. C. Book Company, Inc., New York, in 1922 under the title The American House, Being a Collection of Illustrations & Plans of the Best Country & Suburban Houses Built in the United States during the Last Few Years.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
American house.
Elegant country and suburban houses of the twenties / edited by Charles S. Keefe.
p. cm.
Originally published: The American house. New York : U.P.C. Book Co., 1922.
9780486146416
1. Architecture, Domestic—United States—20th century. 2. Suburban homes—United States. I. Keefe, Charles S. II. Title.
NA7208.A515 2005
728’.37’0973091733—dc22
2005043258
Manufactured in the United States of America
Dover Publications, Inc., 31 East 2nd Street, Mineola, N.Y. 11501
FOREWORD
THIS collection of illustrations has been made with the desire to present to the architect and layman, a series of illustrations of the best types of American houses. The illustrations indicate the high standard of our present domestic work and the progress that has been made in recent years. To a person not in close touch with American domestic architecture, it will be a revelation to compare the illustrations in this book with those in architectural books and magazines of fifteen years ago.
Whether our house be large or small, it can be beautiful and a pleasure to ourselves, our friends and to the passerby. While our wants and our pocketbooks determine the size of our house; our own good taste determines its character. This is shown in the illustrations, and houses, such as ‘these, will grow better as age adds its softening touch and they will be good houses as long as they endure.
An attempt has been made to include examples of the various styles suitable for the living conditions in different parts of the country. While the Colonial style seems to predominate, this is explained by the fact that more houses of this style have been erected.
One of the greatest pleasures in owning a fine home is the sharing of its beauties with others, as the owners of these houses have been kind enough to do.
I wish to thank the architects whose work is illustrated; for their aid in securing the material for this book and for the uniform courtesy displayed.
At the same time I wish to express appreciation of the courtesies extended by the editors of The American Architect, Architectural Forum, Architectural Record and Architectural Review.
New York, July, 1921.
Charles S. Keefe.
ERRATA
Plates 21 to 26 inclusive.
The house for Mr. J. M. Townsend, Jr. was designed by Mr. Bottomley while in the firm of Hewitt & Bottomley, and is now owned by Mr. Faris R. Russell.
Plates 35 to 38 inclusive.
The residence of Col. J. C. Wise should be credited to Hewitt & Bottomley, as this building was designed by Mr. Bottomley, while a member of that firm.
Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright Page
FOREWORD
ERRATA
DESCRIPTIVE NOTES
COLONIAL HOUSES
GEORGIAN HOUSES
ITALIAN HOUSES
SPANISH HOUSES
FRENCH HOUSES
ENGLISH HOUSES
INTERIORS
DOORWAYS
Dover Books on Art & Art History
Twentieth- Century Art
Pictorial Archive
DESCRIPTIVE NOTES
TO simplify the arrangement of the plates, and, it is hoped, to make the book more useful, the buildings have been grouped under their proper styles and a short explanation of each design has been given.
In addition to the complete designs shown, a number of doorways and interiors have been included. It was not possible to show the entire houses in each instance, so the portions that were available have been illustrated when they offered suggestions not covered by the balance of the book.
The descriptions have, purposely, been made simple and concise, because, in the writing of a subject such as the one with which this book deals, it is so easy to wander into generalities that mean nothing.
The term style as applied to the designs in this book must be taken in rather an elastic way. Good designers never slavishly copy a design, but, use in their own way certain forms that determine the style. This gives individuality to a building, that otherwise, it would not have. Also, our buildings are made to fulfill certain wants that did not exist when the various