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WOODBOURNE
A DESCRIPTION OF SINGLE AND SEMI-DETACHED
HOUSES OFFERED AT THIS ATTRACTIVE
SITE BY THE BOSTON DWELLING
HOUSE COMPANY.,
WITH TERMS OF SALE
OFFICE
308 HYDE PARK AvLNUE, JAMAICA PLAIN, MIAss.
Telephone, Jamaica 21448
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OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY
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HENRY HOWARD
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ROBERT WINSOR, JR. LESLIE E. WHITE
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FRANK A. DAY JAMES M. PRENDERGAST
CARL DREYFUs JAMES L. RICHARDS
JoHN WELLS FARLEY Mrs. RICHARD M. SALTONSTALL
FREDERICK P. FISH FREDERIC E. SNOW
Miss BERTHA HAZARD Miss MARY P. WINSOR
HENRY HOWARD ROBERT WINSOR
CHARLEs H. Jon ES RoPERT A. Woods
His Eminence WILLIAM CARDINAL O’ConnELL
W. B. BUSHWAY, Agent
OFFICE
308 Hyde Park Avenue, Jamaica Plain, Mass.
Telephone 21448 Jamaica
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HOW TO OWN A HOME
A FEASIBLE PLAN FOR PERSONS WITH MODERATE
INCOMES TO ACQUIRE AN ATTRACTIVE HOME
AT THE LOWEST POSSIBLE COST.
Nº. ETY-NINE families in every hundred long to own a home.
Every man and every woman instinctively realizes the satis-
faction that inevitably accompanies such ownership. A sense of
security and independence is thereby engendered, which is a constant
source of joy. To have and to hold a home of your own adds a zest
to living and stimulates the ambition to save. The very care and
up-keep of your own property is a matter of pride and pleasure.
It is frequently stated that as a class farmers are the most in-
dependent of all citizens. Why? One reason is that the great ma-
jority own their own farms. In Massachusetts, according to the last
Federal Census, 87% per cent. of the farms were owned and only
12% per cent. hired.
The situation with regard to homes as distinguished from farms is
quite different. Only 35 per cent. of the homes of Massachusetts
are owned, and the other 65 per cent. are hired. The government
has compiled the statistics for our various States and Territories,
and Massachusetts ranks forty-first in home ownership.
This is not because the people of Massachusetts are not industrious
and thrifty, for their record in the matter of savings-bank deposits
is most creditable.
It is largely because no plan has been devised and generally offered
stances to buy a home and still be able to meet from the family purse
the necessary daily living expenses.
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The Boston Dwelling House Company, not in the spirit of charity,
but in the spirit of good citizenship, has undertaken to point the way
to home ownership for persons with limited incomes. The Company
expects a moderate financial recompense for its undertaking, but
its prime purpose is to demonstrate the possibility of supplying at-
tractive, sanitary, and moderate cost houses at reasonable prices,
and on a payment basis that will bring them within the reach of
those who have heretofore considered the owning of a home an im-
possibility.
The two factors which the Company considers have most largely
contributed to making hired houses the rule in Massachusetts are:—
FIRST, that the houses heretofore offered for sale, whether attrac-
tive or unattractive, have been built on the retail plan, and the cost
has been correspondingly high; and,
SECOND, because the initial and subsequent payments generally
required in real estate transactions have been so large as to be pro-
hibitive.
To avoid these obstacles, the Boston Dwelling House Company
has undertaken the erection of homes upon a large scale and upon
easy terms of payment. The Company has acquired “Woodbourne,”
nearly thirty acres of land on Hyde Park Avenue, Forest Hills, about
one-half mile beyond the Forest Hill Terminal of the Boston Elevated,
which is within fifteen minutes of the business centre of Boston on
a five-cent fare. Surface electric cars pass the site at five-minute
intervals morning and afternoon. The land has a sloping westerly
exposure, and lends itself readily to scientific and artistic develop-
ment. Competent house and landscape architects have been em-
ployed, and the tract has been laid out as a unit for the construction
of modern houses, chiefly of single or double design, as rapidly as cir-
Cumstances Warrant.
By reason of the comprehensiveness of the undertaking the Boston
Dwelling House Company has been enabled to build a house having
the greatest possible value for the least amount of money.
The plan that has been devised with regard to payments is the
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Plan and perspective view of a single house of the modern hollow tile and
cement construction. This house forms part of the group on page 19.


easiest possible one for purchasers. It accepts as an axiom of human
nature that small payments at frequent intervals are possible and
comparatively easy to make, while large payments at infrequent inter-
vals, though not larger in the aggregate, are impossible to make. It is
not a plan that a private owner could adopt, as it entails much book-
keeping and detail, but by doing this on a large scale the Company
will be warranted in installing a system to handle these payments.
To illustrate the scheme of payment, assume that the cost of the
house and land desired to be purchased is $5,000. This may be
more or less according to the property selected. On the basis of
$5,000 an initial payment of 10 per cent. of the purchase price of
$500 will be required. Thereafter a monthly payment of $50 will
be asked. This monthly payment of $50 will take care of interest
charges on the first and second mortgages, taxes, and will leave a
balance to be applied monthly to the reduction of the second mort-
gage, until at the end of about four and one-half years the entire
second mortgage will be paid off.
Thus, on the basis of $5,000 cost price, payment to the Company
will be made as follows:—
10% in cash at time of purchase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $500.00
60% in a first mortgage G) 5% interest . . . . . . . . . . . 3,000.00
30% in a second mortgage (G) 5% interest . . . . . . . . . . 1,500.00
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000.00
A monthly payment of $50 will accomplish the following results,
even if the property is assessed at its full cost value and the tax
rate remains at $16.40 a thousand:—
It will pay the monthly fixed charges of
Interest on first mortgage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $12.50
Taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.835
$19.335
Interest on second mortgage for first month . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.25
$25,585
Leaving balance to be applied to reduction of principal of second mortgage, 24.415
$50.00
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The second month the principal of the second mortgage, having
been reduced by $24.41%, the interest on the second mortgage
will be a shade less, thus leaving a shade more to add to the amount
applicable to the reduction of the second mortgage principal.
From small beginnings the reductions will gradually increase
until in about four years and six months, as already stated, the whole
principal of the second mortgage will be paid in full, leaving the
purchaser the complete owner of a comfortable home, subject only
to a reasonable first mortgage.
A table giving the exact figures relative to payments and the re-
duction of the second mortgage with $5,000 as the unit of cost is
given on pages 14–15. An analysis of this table shows that
during the four-and-a-half-year period a total payment to the
Company of $2,724.71, or an annual average of $600, is contem-
plated. This payment may be divided into two separate classes:
(1) amounts applied to the payment of interest and taxes corre-
sponding to rent; and (2) amounts applied to the reduction of the
second mortgage, in effect a permanent investment. The following
table makes this division:—
Amounts | Amounts
applied to Equivalent applied to
payment of to a permanent
Payments. interest and monthly investment
taxes corre- rent pay- by reducing
| sponding to ment of the second
| rent. mortgage.
First year . . . . . . . . . $600.00 $300.21 $25.02 $299.79
Second year . 600.00 285.855 23.82 315.145
Third year 600.00 268.72 22.39 331.28
Fourth year . * . . . . . . . 600.00 251.67 20.97 348.33
Last six months . . . . . . 300.00 , 119.255 19.88 180.745
Final cash payment to retire :
second mortgage . 24.71 e-ºmº. e-E. 24.71
Average
$2,724.71 $1,225.71 $22.70 $1,500.00
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on the following page will show the compact arrangement which, at the same time, gives the greatest
possible privacy, surrounded as the block is by parks.











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Plan of the block of six semi-detached houses shown on the
preceding page.
The table on page 9 demonstrates that during the first year only
about 50 per cent., or $300.21 of the total sum of $600, will be neces-
sary to defray interest charges and taxes, which is the equivalent of a
monthly rent of $25.02 for a house which, under ordinary conditions,
could not be rented for less than $40 a month. The balance, or
$299.79, is saved to the purchaser as a permanent investment by re-
ducing the second mortgage.
The table also shows that, with the gradual reduction of the
second mortgage, conditions are more and more favorable to the
purchaser.
The monthly rent equivalent is reduced from $25.02 to $19.88,
and the sums applied to permanent investment correspondingly
increased, so that as an aggregate result of the four-and-a-half years'
effort the purchaser has paid an average monthly rent equivalent
to $22.70, or a total of $1,225.71, and at the same time has acquired
a $1,500 permanent investment.












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It should also be noted, in connection with the appended tables,
that the purchaser receives considerable saving in interest by being
credited at once with each small monthly payment.
While the Company makes the system of payments as above out-
lined a feature of its undertaking, homes may be purchased on other
terms, to suit individual requirements; but the Company would like
to suggest that the smaller the payments, either cash or monthly,
the longer the purchaser is paying interest on the unpaid balance.
A. CASH IN FULL.
For the man or woman with the necessary funds for a cash pur-
chase the Company believes it offers a wise and conservative invest-
ment. Houses as attractive, well built, and as conveniently located
as those offered by the Company demand at least $40 a month
rental, or $480 a year, and this sum may be conservatively taken as
the earning power of the investment. Against this there would be
annual carrying charges as follows:–
Taxes $5,000 (a) $16.40 (if property is taxed in full) . . . . . . . . . . . $82.00
Repairs (brick house, slate roof, copper flashings) . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.00
Insurance 50c. per $100 for 5 years on $4,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.00
$116.00
Value of rent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480.00
leaving annual net income on investment $364, or 7.28 per cent.
This figure is a fair statement of the investment on the assumption
that the purchaser is going to occupy the house personally. If the
purchaser were not to occupy, however, there would be additional
deductions, such as allowance for vacancy, cost of rent collections,
additional wear and tear, etc., but even with these allowances the
investment should still show well in excess of 4 per cent. net with
reasonable management. On the other hand, the 7.28 per cent. in-
come for the personal occupant is a return difficult, if not impossible,
to obtain in any equally conservative investment in this section of
the country.
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B. SUBJECT TO FIRST MORTGAGE ONLY.
If a $5,000 house were purchased, subject only to a 60 per cent.
first mortgage, the requisite initial payment would be $2,000. As
carrying charges, the purchaser in this case would have to pay, in
addition to the $116 given in table on page 12, 5 per cent. annually
on the first mortgage of $3,000, or $150, making a total of $266
annually, or $22.17 a month.
The investment of $2,000 would in this case result in a saving of the
difference between $266 and $480, the fair rental value of the prop-
erty, or $214 a year, which is 10.7 per cent. on the $2,000 invested.
C. SHOWING MONTHLY REDUCTION OF SECOND
MORTGAGE AT MONTHLY PAYMENTS OF $50.
Cost $5,000.
(The unit selected is $5,000. The table may be operated for any other sum fixed
as the purchase price by altering each figure according to the ratio which the purchase
price bears to the fixed unit of $5,000.)
First mortgage, 60% =$3,000 (a) 5% = $150 yearly . . . . . . $12.50 monthly
Taxes, $16.40 per $1,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.835 “
Fixed charges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $19.335
Second mortgage, 30% =$1,500 (a) 5% =$75 = $6.25 for first
month's payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.250
Total taxes and interest for first month . . . . . . . . . . . $25.585
Regular monthly payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.000
Amount available for reduction of second mortgage . . . . . . $24.4.15
Balance of second mortgage after first payment . . . . . . . $1,475.585
The following table shows the reduction of the second mortgage
month by month until it is paid off:—
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The payments in accordance with these tables are no more than
people have to pay for house rent, so that purchasers are really
saving it without knowing it and without any special effort.
TABLE SHOWING REDUCTION OF SECOND MORTGAGES MONTH BY
MONTH ON $50 PAYMENTS.
Reduction Balance Reduction Balance
Month. #: #: Month. #: #:
1st $24.415 || $1,475.585 29th . $27,430 $749.045
2d 24.520 | 1,451.065 30th . 27.545 721.500
3d 24.620 | 1,426.445 31st . 27.660 | 693.840
4th 24.725 1,401.720 32d . 27.780 | 666.060
5th . . . . . 24.825 1,376.895 33d . 27.895 638. 165
6th 24.930 1,351.965 34th . 28.010 || 610.155
7th 25.030 1,326.935 35th . 28.125 582.030
8th 25.135 1,301.800 36th . 28.245 553.785
9th 25.240 1,276.560 37th . 28.365 525.490
10th 25.345 1,251.215 38th . 28.480 || 496.940
11th 25.450 1,225.765 39th . 28.600 || 468.340
12th 25.555 1,200.210 40th . 28.720 || 439.620
13th 25.665 1,174.545 41st . 28.840 || 410.780
14th 25.770 1,148.775 42d . 28.955 381.825
15th 25.880 1,122.895 43d . 29.075 || 352.750
16th . . 25.990 1,096.905 44th . 29.240 323.510
17th . . 26.095 1,070.810 45th . 29.320 294.190
18th . . 26.205 1,044,605 46th . 29.440 || 264.750
19th 26.315 1,018.290 47th . 29.565 235.185
20th 26.425 991.865 48th . 29.730 205.455
21st 26.535 965.330 49th . 29.815 175.64()
22d e 26.645 938.685 50th . . 29.935 | 1.45.705
23d . . 26.755 911,930 51st . 30.060 | 115.645
24th . . 26.865 885.065 52d . 30.185 S5.460
25th e 26.980 858.085 53d . . 30.310 || 55.150
26th 27,090 830.995 54th . . 30.440 24.710
27th . . . . 27.205 803.790 24.710*
28th . . 27.315 776.475 -- --
$1,500.000
* Extra payment to finish.
D. TABLE SHOWING REDUCTION OF SECOND MORTGAGE OF $1,500
MONTHLY PAYMENTS OF $40.
AT
Reduction Balance
Month. of second of second
mortgage. mortgage.
1st . . . . $14.415 || $1,485.585
2d . 14.475 1,471.110
3d . 14.535 1,456.575
4th . 14.595 1,441.980
5th . 14.655 1,427.325
6th . 14.715 1,412.610
7th . 14.780 1,397.830
8th . 14.845 1,382.985
9th . . 14.910 1,368.070
10th . . 14.970 1,353. 100
11th . I5.030 1,338.07.0
12th . 15.095 1,322.975
13th . 15. 155 1,307.820
14th . I5.215 1,292.605
15th . 15.275 1,277.330
16th . 15.345 1,261.985
17th , 15.405 1,246.580
18th . 15.470 1,231. 110
19th . 15.535 1,215.575
20th . . 15.600 1, 199.975
21st . 15.670 1,184.305
22d I5.735 1,168.570
23d . . 15.800 1,152.770
24th . 15.865 1,136.905
25th . I5.925 1,120.970
26th . I5.995 1,104.975
27th . . 16.060 1,088.915
28th . I6. I25 1,072.790
29th , 16. 195 1,056.595
30th . 16.265 1,040.330
31st . 16.330 1,024.000
32d 16.395 1,007.605
33d . . 16.470 991. 135
34th . 16.540 974.595
35th . I6.610 957.985
36th . I6.680 941.305
37th . . 16.745 924.560
38th . J 6.815 907.745
39th . I6.885 S90.860
40th . 16.955 S73.905
41st . 17.025 856.880
42d 17.095 S39.785
43d 17.16.5 S22.620
- Reduction Balance
Month. of Second of second
mortgage. mortgage.
44th . . . . . $17,235 3805.885
45th . . . I7.315 788.07.0
46th . . . . . 17.385 770.685
47th . . . . 17.460 753.225
48th . . . . 17.530 735.695
49th . . . . 17.600 7 18.095
50th . . . . . 17.675 700.420
51st . . . . I7.745 682.675
52d e 17.820 664.855
53d . . . . 17.895 646.960
54th . º 17.970 628.990
55th . e 18.045 610.945
56th . e 18.120 592.825
57th . º 18.200 574.695
58th . - 18.275 556.350
59th . 18.350 538.000
60th . is 430 gig.570
61st . 18.500 501.07.0
62d • 18.575 482.495
63d . 18.655 463.840
64th . 18.735 445. 105
65th . 18.810 426.295
66th . 18.885 407.410
67th . 18.965 388.445
68th . 19.045 369.400
69th . I9. I 30 350.270
70th . I9.210 331.060
71St . 19.290 311.770
72d 19.370 292.400
73d . 19.445 272.955
74th . 19.525 253.430
75th . 19.605 233.895
76th . 19.690 214. 135
77th . 19.775 194.135
78th . 19.855 174.505
79th . 19.935 154.570
80th . 19.980 134.550
81st . 20. I 10 114.440
S2d 20. I90 94.250
83d . . 20.280 78.980
84th . . 20.360 53.620
85th . 20.440 33.185
86th . 33.185
$1,500.000
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E. TABLE SHOWING REDUCTION OF SECOND
OF $1,750 ON $40 MONTHLY.
MORTGAGE
Cash payment of . . . . . $250.00
60% first mortgage . . . . 3,000.00
35% second mortgage 1,750.00
$5,000.00
Reduction Balance Reduction Balance
Month of second of second Month of second of second
mortgage mortgage mortgage mortgage
1st . . . . $13.375 $1,736.625 53d $16.605 $958.605
2d . . . . 13.425 1,723.200 54th . 16.675 941.930
3d . . . . 13.485 1,709.715 55th . 16.745 925. 185
4th . 13.540 1,696. 175 56th . 16.810 908.375
5th . . . . 13.595 1,682.580 57th . 16.890 891.485
6th . . . . 13.655 1,668.925 58th . 16.960 874.525
7th . . . . I3.710 I,655.215 59th . . 17.030 857.495
8th . . . . 13.765 1,641.450 60th . . 17.100 840.395
9th . . . . 13.830 1,627.620 61st . 17. 165 823.230
10th . . . . I3.885 1,613.735 62d 17.235 805.995
11th . . . . 13.945 1,599.790 63d . 17.305 788.690
12th . . . . 14.005 1,585.785 64th . 17.375 771.315
13th . . . . 14.055 1,571.730 65th . 17.455 753.860
14th . . . . 14. 115 1,557.615 66th . 17.525 736.335
15th . . . . 14. 175 1,543.440 67th . . I7.595 7 18.740
16th . . . . 14.235 1,529.205 68th . 17.675 701.065
17th . . . . 14.295 1,514.910 69th . 17.750 683.315
18th . 14.355 1,500.555 70th . 17.820 665.495
19th . 14.415 1,486. 140 71st . 17.900 647.595
20th . . 14.470 1,471.670 72d 17.970 629.625
21st . 14.540 1,457. 130 73d . 18.045 611.580
22d 14.600 1,442.530 74th . 18. 115 593.465
23d . . . ſ 14.660 1,427.870 75th . 18. 195 575.270
24th . 14.715 1,413. 155 76th . 18.265 557.005
25th . I4.775 1,398.380 77th . 18.345 538.660
26th . 14.840 1,383.540 78th . 18.425 520.235
27th . . . . . 14.900 1,368.640 79th . 18.495 501.740
28th . . . . 14.965 1,353.675 80th . 18.575 483. 165
29th . . . . 15.025 1,338.650 81st . 18.660 464.505
30th . isos; i.333.56; 82d 18.735 | 445.770
31st . i 15. 150 1,308.415 83d . 18.810 426.960
32d | 15.215 1,293.200 84th . IS.890 4.08.07.0
33d . I5.280 I,277.920 85th . I8.965 389. 105
34th . | 15.350 1,262.570 86th . 19.045 370.060
35th . 15.410 1,247. 160 87th . 19. 125 350.935
36th . 15.475 I,231.685 88th . 19.205 331.730
37th . . 15.535 1,216. 150 89th . I9.285 312.445
38th . 15.595 1,200.555 90th . I9.365 293.080
39th . 15.665 1, 184.890 91st . 19.445 273.63.5
40th . e 15.725 1, 169. 165 92d 19.525 254. 110
41st . . . I5.795 1,153.370 93d . 19.610 234.500
42d 15.860 1,137.510 94th . I9.690 214.8.10
43d . 15.925 1, 121.585 95th . I9.775 195.035
44th . 15.995 1, 105.590 96th . 19.860 175. 175
45th . 16.065 1,089.525 97th . . 19.935 155.240
46th . . 16. 130 1,073.395 98th . 20.025 135.215
47th . I6.200 1,057. 195 99th . 20. 105 I 15. 110
48th . I6.265 1,040.930 100th 20.185 94.925
49th . 16.325 1,024.605 101st 20.270 74.655
50th . I6.395 1,008.210 102d 20.355 54.300
51st . 16.465 991.745 103d 20.440 33.860
52d 16.535 97.5.210 104th 33.860
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SPECIFICATIONS OF DETACHED AND SEMI-DETACHED
HOUSES FOR THE BOSTON DWELLING HOUSE COM-
PANY, AT FOREST HILLS, JAMAICA PLAIN, MASS.
The outside walls of the above houses are built of both brick and
hollow tile construction. The brick is the so-called tapestry qual-
ity, which gives a very pleasing soft-color effect. The tile walls
are plastered on the outside with cement stucco with a dash coat
texture which harmonizes with the other buildings which are now
being constructed on the lot.
Some of these houses have a portion of the gables in half timber-
ing, as the old English style. All of the houses have light sea-green
slate roofs, flashed and made tight with copper throughout. All the
gutters are hung, to prevent any chance of water getting in through
the eaves of the houses. The inside plastering of the brick houses
is done on furring strips, thus giving an air space which acts for
warmth in winter and coolness in summer.
The tile-constructed walls of the houses being hollow, the inside
plaster is done directly on the backs of the tiles, giving the same
result as the air space, but in a different manner. Each house is pro-
vided with a fireplace with an attractive mantel in the living-room.
This is faced up with water-struck brick or tapestry brick with
wide white cement joints. The dining-rooms each have their own
china cupboards with glass doors, also a dado with a plate rail
above, all stained in attractive dark tones.
The living-rooms are painted in white enamel, which with attrac-
tive staircases gives a pleasant and cheerful appearance on entering
the houses. The halls are each provided with a coat closet.
The kitchens have ample sheathing dadoes with sink and double
tubs arranged in the most convenient manner, with draining shelves,
cupboards, etc. The pantry leads directly off the kitchen, and
is provided with shelves, cupboards and with up-to-date barrel
swings, etc., making a most serviceable and compact arrangement.
The kitchen range is of the best gas and coal combination, thus
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Perspective view of a single brick house. The plan is shown on
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allowing the use of either one or both at the same time. The bath-
rooms are fitted with dadoes, up-to-date plumbing fixtures, and
small medicine closets complete. These are all painted and finished
for a complete sanitary arrangement. The whole house is piped and
wired for both gas and electric lighting, provided complete with
appropriate fixtures. The hardware throughout is carefully selected,
with solid bronze hardware on the outside of exposed portions of the
work. The floors throughout are of hard wood, carefully finished
and polished. All the windows and doors are provided with the
rustless bronze screens of approved pattern.
The houses are also equipped complete with window shades and
paper for all the rooms except the kitchen and bath-room, in which
case the walls are painted in lead and oil. The purchaser or tenant
will of course have the right to select papers for the various rooms
if the houses are sold or hired before this work is ready to be done.
Each house is provided with a complete heating system, with
registers in all rooms.

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DESCRIPTION OF SINGLE AND DOUBLE
FAMILY HOUSES.
ALLEN & CollFNs, Architects.
These houses are erected with the object of placing on the mar-
ket dwellings suitable for a small family of two or three. The
lower floor has a living-room 10 x 12 with a large kitchen and other
accessories. It is intended that the kitchen should be used as a din-
ing-room, as it is assumed that the work in these dwellings would be
done by the tenants. On the second floor are one double chamber
and one single chamber with bath. The basement contains a laundry
and storerooms. The houses will be heated by furnaces, and a special
attachment on the flue of the kitchen range will make it possible to
heat by indirect radiation the bath-room and possibly one chamber
during the fall and early spring weather without running the fur-
nace. The houses are built with concrete basement walls and frame
construction. The outside of the walls is to be covered with wire
lath and plastered three coats of cement plaster. The roof is to
be of light green slate. The interior of the house will be finished
in dark stain, and the living-rooms are to have a dado of dark wood
4' 6' high. There will be a fireplace in each living-room.
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View showing portion of Hyde Park Avenue side of property.
APARTMENT HOUSES.
On the Hyde Park Avenue frontage of the property six apart-
ment houses have been erected, of entirely modern and scientific
design, each containing twelve suites.
The suites contain four, five, and six rooms and bath, and are so
arranged that each occupies a corner of the building, giving an abun-
dance of light and air, and every one has a spacious piazza to which
access is had from the chambers and living-room, so they can be used
for sleeping porches. Steam heat and hot water are supplied. The
kitchens are provided with gas range having high oven and broiler, set

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in the back hall for the refrigerator, and ample closet room is pro-
vided throughout. The exterior is finished with stucco, and the high
piazzas with their iron rails and flower-boxes give an imposing
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The apartments are not furnished. The photograph was taken by kind permission of one of the
tenants, and shows the attractiveness of one fully furnished.
a garden of flower-beds and lawns, while the front has been planted
with grass and shrubbery, forming a most artistic and attractive
setting. Everything tends to reduce the household cares to a mini-
mum and afford a maximum of attractiveness seldom found in apart-
ment houses.

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Woodbourne Tennis Courts.
WOODBOURNE CLUB.
The plan of the property of the Boston Dwelling House Company,
with the opportunity afforded by the use of the lawns and garden
spaces for the intercourse of neighbors, as well as by the playing to-
gether of the children in the playgrounds, naturally stimulates social
life in the little community. The first result has been the organi-
zation of the Woodbourne Club by the residents of Woodbourne.
The Club manages its own affairs and makes its own rules. The
Company has co-operated with the members of the Club by

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building two Tennis Courts of crushed stone, pronounced as nearly
perfect as can be, which are situated in a natural amphitheatre sur-
rounded by large shade-trees, and are very pleasant.
The social spirit which the Woodbourne Club fosters adds not
only to the enjoyment of the whole community, but is of material
aid in creating a feeling of pride in the distinctiveness and charm of
the homes and should lead to all manner of pleasant entertainments,
such as dances, concerts, lectures, plays, etc.
TITLE TO BOSTON DWELLING HOUSE COMPANY’S
PROPERTY.
The title to all the land now owned by the Boston Dwelling House
Company has been confirmed and registered by the Land Court
of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The actual outlay for
lawyers’ and recording fees in connection with the purchase of a
lot from the Company should therefore be small, inasmuch as the
only examination of title which will be necessary will be an exam-
ination of the certificate of title of the Boston Dwelling House Com-
pany and the matters therein referred to. Each purchaser will
be entitled to a Land Court certificate for the land which he has
purchased, together with a copy of the plan of the lot. The cer-
tificate of the Land Court is conclusive evidence of all matters
stated in the same. No claim of any person in derogation of a
certificate holder's rights, as stated therein, can be entertained in
any Court unless it is alleged that such holder obtained his certificate
of title by fraud or that it is founded on a forged document or
certificate.
RESTRICTIONS.
The Courts have said that
“if, in these days of noise and bulging, intrusive activities, one
who has been in confusion all day, desires to have a home where,
awake or asleep, he can pass his hours in quiet and repose, there
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is no reason of public policy why, if he can get it, he should not
have it. Nor is there any reason why provision should not be
made for a collection of such homes in close proximity to each
other.”
This is one of the things which the Boston Dwelling House Com-
pany wishes to accomplish, and, in order to do so, it imposes
restrictions on each lot, when sold, of such character that the pur-
chaser and all subsequent owners may be assured of the permanent
character of the general development of this property and of the
use to which his lot and the surrounding land can be put. These
restrictions are simple in nature, and in general have to do with
the location and appearance of the house or building on each lot
and the character of its occupation. It is probable that apartment
houses may be erected on the outskirts of the property, and that
provision will be made for the erection of stores at proper locations
and for a hall or building of a public nature.
A careful study of this prospectus is invited. Inquiries will be
freely answered by writing or applying in person at office, 308
Hyde Park Avenue, Jamaica Plain, Mass.
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