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~larch 11, 1927 WILMET T .E LIFE 49 ·COTSWOLD TYPE HOME HAS UNUSUAL C 'HARM .Jules Urbain, Architect, Follows Theme Reminiscent of English Countryside Influence of English Countryside in This Home l .) The charming English Cotswold type home. illustrated in the adjoining columns, is now under construction on the..' southeast c~rner of \Voodlawn and Vernon avenues, Glencoe. Of low, rambling line s, softened corn 'rs and rooi:-;, it hugs the natur;.tl :-.lc)ping ground atHl m ·lt . ., into the rnund~d foliage and trees a o; though it ,,·ere..· a part of them. This group is de:-.igned to ftt tlli:-. particular lot. It is the intention of the (1\\'tH.:r to Jea,·e thi-; hnclscaping of nature intact, anJ tl1 preserve as much as possible the ex is ting \vild lifl'. adding only such ttl'\\' as is ncccs. an· · to carrv out the plan. The rugged. stone ,~· ails. disL't))<,t-ed ,,·ith time. rcmin<l one of those comfortable..· and stmrh· I(JPking hotbCs Tltc. abo\'c archittct's rendering repre se nts a home now under construction in Glencoe for Jules Urbain, Chithat · clot the En!.!lisl; countrYside in It \\·as built in collaboration with \\'illiam C. Huggins, of \Vilmctte, who had chage of the stone macago arclntect. l'lltswold and Sur~t·y. . S~)nry 'a nd carp~nt.ry. and J,. D. Austin, of ]. D. Austin an.d company, real estate and loan firm, of Hubbard Woods. Thl' umtsnal handling of materials in l omplct c descnpt1on of tlus home and s urrounclings is gi,· en in an adjoining column. t IIi., hottst', is especially ,,·ort hy of nleittitnt. The exterior \\·ails ar(' of conof the stone masonry and carpentry, rrl'te. facer! ":ith rough, Yaricgakd 'l l and J. D. Austin, of ]. D. Austin & \\·i~ron:-.in limc~t,,llL'. ntosth· in huffs. ,; Co., Hubbard \Voods, who handled the hrmrn:> anrl grry .... . and Di <i dl'\'l·lopcd DIJCK: real estate and loan. l'Othtrurtinn that i· ~ appruximal\.·ly th · :-.amc cost as :1 brick r1r tik wall. faced \Y ith iacing brkk. '!'his low ro~t plac~s WITHOUT a "t n 11 c lw the i 11 n ·a r h o i L' '-en·< 111 c COMMISSION \rlw can a!To:·d a brick hnu..;e. :\fter On Desirable Homes and Apartment laying, the stonl' \\':1rk is ·pointed tlp Buildings John Hancock Mutual Life lnaur· with a \\·atl'rprnnf cement, which ma" 010tPING DfiD 1:2CD11 ance Company al:;o he colored !--O that a great Yarict;· POD-en I~CJ\2C A. D. LANGWORTHY, Loan Agent oi architl'rtural effects arc arcompli!--h112 w. Adams St., Chicago td in a :-.ingle npnation. 'l'l1is stone 111a~· alsc) he laid in a wide range of pat ll' rn s. depL'Illli ng upon t hl' ta tt' of 1t {' :1\\' lH'f. L0 ANS Economical Use of Stone In thi"i hott . e. the stone~ were lai(l ,)iJCO.ND fL®D. PLAN t·tt d on end. wit h r a 11 do m join t s in a 1J rlirl·rtion.:;, m·n·s:-;itating Yen· little catlitl or clipping. This . i~ tl;c cheapest u.;~,· oi -.tone. a.; tilt' material gues far tht·r " ·ith broad side ·as 1'ace. These waJJ., \\Trt' then furred " ·ith nne h:: t\\· o~. gi\' ing one inch air spacr. lathed with plaster hoard and gin·n t\ro coats oi plastn. The ,,·in<lm,· frames arc LIVING complete!~· emhc dded in the concrete, ROO.M \rit!t no pnssihlt' chance fnr leakage. DINI.NG The rnof is of red cedar shingles, QQJJV\ 'aid in imitation of a t Ita tchccl roof, 1.50~ IZ ~ gi,·ing a soft. htlllll)\' effect . simi lar tc, the genuine. and is sta in ed lH0\\'11. Tlw cx!L'rior \roocl-1\·ork. blinds, etc .. arc also sta ined brown. The interior is Ea,rl~· Am~.·rican. Enrr~0T fLCDQ. DLAH tering from Ycrnon an'nur. one finds him~elf in a spaci~ms sta ir hall. \\·ith a quaint staircase. and \Yit h arches to thL· li\·ing room and dining room . The 1 1 ,,·ails of t!te hall. li\'ing room and dining rose arbors frantc the path. A maid's novel and distinctive de, elovmcnt on a suburban lot is achieyed through careroom arc in cream tinted umcnt sand ro cm1 ami ba~h are off the kitchen. plaster, while tl1e ceil.ings oi the lh·in~ The bedroom walls are papered in ful conside.r ation of the lot itself, and f\)0111 and dining room are of wCJo<l. Colonial patterns ·in fresh colors. A by the use of materia~s heretofore with hand-scraped wood beams. sleeping porch is built over the dining thought to be beyond the purse of the Old Colonial Finish porch with southern expcsure. The average home builder. This house may be inspected during main bath room is tiled with lemon All interior \voo<l \York is -.tained and yellow and speckled green tiles, im- construction, any day, and it is the wiped out. antique effect, in Old Cohope of the author that it will create lonial fini . h. The l1ardware is all in ported from France. A medicine case new thoughts and desires in those cononr the lavatory has an engraved hlack iron and bright brass finish. with templating building; that they will rim lncks and large quaint hra:-;s keys. Venetian mirror. The entire cei~ing of strive to secure a home with some inthe second story is insulated, insuring The stone idea is carried out in the heat saving in ,dnter and cool comfort dividual charm and fitting to its site, li rL'P ~ace hacking- and heart h. hut a and gain a greater interest in the finer iacing of Dutch delft blur picture tiles in summer. points of construction. · Produces Quaint Effects i~ used with a fine old desi~n of colonAll this can be had without additionThis house was designed to produce ial wood mantel. al expense. The lighting fixtures are of pewte.r a supe.rior type of construction with This house is the home of Jules quaint architectural effects, at the same and are mostly replicas of those. in Urbain, of Olsen & Urbain, architects, cost of an ordinary home, of ordinary Washington's Mount Vern on home. A stone paved, screened porch, o\·erlooks materials and appearances. It can be 134 North LaSall.e street, Chicago, and the garden and a fountain on the wall built, under present .conditions, for ap- was designed by that firm. It was of the garage. The garden is com- proximately $17,500. Every att~ntion built in collaboration with William C. plete1y endosed by stone walls, and was paid to the smallest details. A Huggins, of Wilmette, who had charge Play Safe! dumbbell lin lJ.Olillj lin no~ to DUlJ pro]lerbJ tllfilmoAt somt money! some ISee us!l