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WONDERFUL POSSIBILITIES IN REAL BUNGALOWS

Even the picture of a Bungalow warms my Western heart. I feel that
New Yorkers have no conception of the possibilities of such homes.
New Brighton, Staten Island, New York. MRS. A. NEWMAN.

FROM A PRACTICAL BUSINESS STANDPOINT

I am thoroughly convinced of the practical value of detailed working
plans for a house. Your economical correspondence method is more than
one really could expect, the one disadvantage that stands out pre-emi-
nently is that you cannot estimate the cost as well as if you were on the
ground. My house was completed last month and I can justly say that
your plans proved very satisfactory. HOMER DAVID.

Moscow, Idaho.

Note—See page 54. about cost.

NOTHING BETTER FROM ANY SOURCE

The plans I purchased of you last January I used when I built my
home. Nothing better could be obtained from any source.
Gallup, New Mexico. L. N. CARY.

IDEAL PLAN SERVICE, PERFECT RESULTS

\Vork hung on very much longer than I expected this summer, owing
to the fact that skilled labor was very difficult to obtain, but the result
both in connection with the interior and exterior is as near perfect as
anything I can imagine, and we are really unable to find a fault in any
way.

I wish to thank you for the promptness with which you replied to my
letters, from time to time, regarding certain points in the building of the
house, and your plans and specifications filled every requirement.

Naples, Maine. J. K. ROBINSON.

A MODEL OF CONVENIENCE

We are more than pleased with our little home, and everyone who
goes through it regards it as a model of convenience as well as beauty.
There is nothing like it in Taylor. All are surprised at the room we have.
The main point of appreciation to my wife is the accessibility of all parts
of the house.

Taylor, Texas. DR. E. BOSTON.

SATISFACTORY EXPERIENCE

I have used one set of your plans and specifications, and have found
them all to be desired.

Victoria, British Columbia. JOHN BELANGER.

THREE BUNGALOWS FOR AN IOWA BANKER

In reply to your favor of recent date, will say that the plans which we
received from you, with a few changes to comply with the climate and
conditions of this section of the country, worked out very well, and we are
well satisfied with them.

Des Moines. Iowa. A. O. HAUGE.

A ONE-STORY BUNGALOW AN EYE OPENER

In answer to your letter of a few days ago, relative to Bungalow
Plans from your house, we really do not know how to express ourselves in
reference to it. The Bungalow is entirely new in this Section, and while
we personally saw one and know what they are, yet the idea was startling
to the people here. A home on one floor! The majority of people never
saw one, could not realize such a thing, and of course watched it intently.
And now that it is complete, wonder why they did not build a home like it.

The Bungalow complete is one of the show places of the section. In
fact, it is getting tiresome to us, someone wanting to see it at all times.
Think it would be a good idea for you to build one in different sections of
the country and leave it open for advertisement.

Frackville, Pa. T. D. ROBINSON.

BUNGALOWS AS A CAPITALIST’S INVESTMENT

I have used several sets of your plans and specifications in building
houses here for Marco H. Hellman, of Los Angeles, and have found them
very satisfactory in every way. Mr. Hellman wishes me to figure on a
couple more and if you will send me what books you have to select from,
I will get at it as soon as possible. I have loaned out the other books you
sent me and the parties are now using them and will probably be ready to
order some plans shortly.

Terra Bella, California. T. M. GRONEN.

ECONOMICAL OF CONSTRUCTION
The Bungalows built under your plans have proven perfectly satis-
factory in every detail; neat in appearance and economical of construc-
tion.

Salem. Oregon. GEO. F. RODGERS.

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“ OOLS build houses and wise men buy them,” Is a say-
F ing true only of those who do things unpreparedly.
Anyone is wise who builds or buys a Stillwell Bunga-

low.

Many letters of appreciation come unsolicited,
which is gratifying; but then we expect Stillwell plans
to win approval—they are made that way. Still, we
are often surprised at the number of clients who say
they are so pleased that they would care to make
little, if any, change.

“I would not take $20,000 for my Bungalow, and
know I could not have another like it. If I were to
build a dozen houses, they would all be just like the
one I am in. Will tell you just how well I like it in
one sentence—there Is not a change I would make—al-
though my friends told me I would never build a house
without wanting to make a few changes.”

FLORENCE POYNTER.
Martin, Tenn.

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TWENTY BELOW—“I am very much pleased with the building built
from plans sent me by you. I made some changes, but would not make
them again, excepting the stucco finish. People from all parts of the city
make it their business to view the place. There is nothing resembling It
In this locality. I consider myself fortunate In knowing where to send for
the plans.

“Very convenient in every particular and cost no more than other
modern houses. It has both appearance and comfort, cool in summer and
warm in our severe winters. We were comfortable last winter with
twenty degrees below zero.”

E. W. HANLEY.

Michigan City, Indiana.

STILLWELL BUNGALOW BRINGS GOOD PRICE—”You will note
by enclosed clipping I have sold the house built from plans purchased from
your Company two years ago. I am pleased to state I received every

dollar I asked for It."
Michigan City, Indiana. E. W. HANLEY.

“Edward E. Hanley today sold his handsome Bungalow on South
Washington street to George J. and Herman Staiger, the consideration
being $6500. Messrs. Staiger bought the place as an Investment. The

Bungalow is built on a California plan and is one of the attractive places
on South Washington street.” (Newspaper clipping.)

UNLIMITED PRAISE IN KANSAS—“Under separate cover I am
sending you a picture of my newly built Bungalow, the plans of which I
secured from you last Spring. The house is receiving an unlimited amount
of praise for its appearance both inside and out, and for the convenient
arrangement. It will, perhaps, be gratifying to you to know that we are
very much pleased with our new home.” J. R. GEIS,

Salina, Kansas. Vice-President Farmers National Bank.

EXCEEDED EXPECTATIONS—“The plans received and my client Is
perfectly satisfied with them. They exceed my expectations, as it is hard
to tell just what is wanted by correspondence.”

Gallup. New Mexico. DAVID BROWN, Contractor.

WAY BACK IN 1909—“1 am seriously thinking of building some Bun-
galows, and since you drew the plans for my home, don’t think anyone
else can draw them. Please send me some books that you think will do
me some good and I will remit for them.” '

Olympia, Washington. FRED W. CARLYON

 

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“REPRESENTATIVE CALIFORNIA HOMES“

A Book of Fifty One and Two-Story Medium Cost Homes with Plans

Price 50 Cents. Postpaid

 

 

 

 

A California Mission Style Home

E. W. STILLWELL 59? CO.
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Homes of the

The Most Beautiful and the Most Practical.

 

The IDEAL home is undoubtedly the small house on a large
lot. This idea has been developed to a remarkable extent on the
Pacific Coast. Our homes are generally conceded to be the best
in the world, and this country’s most appealing attraction. Why?
Because the beautiful surroundings of California, the congenial
climate and luxuriant vegetation have furnished for them the finest
settings under the sun. Californians have the year-round oppor-
tunity to realize that which we all most desire—beautiful homes.
No other part of the world offers such opportunities for the in-
spiration of architects, builders and home owners. This is the
reason why builders all over the continent are drawing more and
more upon the latest ideas as developed in the wonderfully prac-
tical homes of the Golden West.

Substantial and Comfortable.

 

These are year-round homes. They are built of the same
kinds of materials as are used elsewhere. The better class of
Bungalows and two-story houses all have good concrete founda—
tions, double floors, furnaces, etc. Even the cheapest have ma-
sonry foundations, are framed up and plastered throughout. As
a rule, our builders use better grades of materials than are em-
ployed in the Middle West and East; but our mild climate does
not require very tight construction and other precautions against
extremes of cold. For Eastern building the required tightness and
warmth are as easily secured in Bungalows as in any other style
of architecture.

The Low Cost of Building.

Inexpensiveness is the natural result of simplicity in design and
the practical elimination of waste in lay-out. There is no useless
ornamentation and very little exterior finish which does not con-
sist of straight lines. Nearly all of these materials are carried in
any country lumberyard. The beautifully simple requires only.

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Golden West

the APPROPRIATE use of common materials. But artistic lines
and proper combinations can be secured solely by experienced de- -
s1gners.

In planning a home intended only for the NEEDS and COM-
FORT of the family, a lot of money can be saved. By eliminating
the unessentials and making comfort, accessibility and convenience
the prime considerations, the cost of building is easily brought
within the reach of all.

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A big house means extra work, miles and miles of extra steps.
and servants almost a necessity. The extra cost of living and the
wear and tear on the housekeeper’s nerves is very great. In our
strenuous times, family life needs the peace and quiet with that
freedom from care which only the comparatively small house
affords. Built-in conveniences and economy of space save half
the work and more than half the worry. With all work concen-
trated within a reasonable compass, there is little, if any, need for
servants and the simple life becomes easy, dignified and alto-
gether desirable.

Bungalow dwellers have all the comforts and conveniences of
city fiats, apartments, and even of the finer residences, with the
inestimable advantage of open spaces. In m05t Bungalows the
whole family life is assembled on a single floor. There is an in-
timacy in the family life, a sense of nearness and pleasant com-
panionship in Bungalow homes which is lacking in stately man-
Sions.

Styles—Bungalow, Mission, Swiss Chalet, Stucco.

 

The Bungalow is the solution of the building problem for most
people. It is a style which originated in Southern California, and
has reached its best development here. It has all the good points
of the old style cottage and many advantages never dreamed of
before. There are endless variations in design. How to have
“something different" is no problem at all.

In some parts of the country the term “Bungalow” has been

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used very carelessly in applying it to almost any crude variation
of the cottage style. But GENUINE Bungalows can be built
only from plans prepared by those who KNOW the Bungalow.
The building of a home is a work of art and the designing of a
genuine, successful Bungalow particularly requires as much skill
and special experience as does the designing of a beautiful church
or public building.

The Mission style is a term applied to houses built with some
of the structural details found in the ancient Spanish settlements
and Missions of California. 'The Mission proper is a church, usu—
ally of plastered masonry walls, a court, simple arches and tile
roofing. In a general way, the Mission style is applied to houses
having plastered exteriors, a court or patio and tile roof. It is a
beautiful style and peculiarly pleasing in Southern climates.

The Swiss Chalet style owes its name to certain features
adapted from the Swiss homes. These, as a rule, are Bungalows
with extremely flat composition roofs, very wide over-hang and
heavy timber supports.

The following pages show representative houses in these
styles. None of them are of the very extreme types which mean
an extravagant outlay. We have selected our most conservative
designs—those which will always be in good taste, no matter how
styles change, and most of them suitable under the most exacting
climatic conditions.

Some of the houses selected are from the work of other archi-
tects and builders doing only a local business and having no
means of giving the general public the benefit of the best of their
ideas. These are chosen with a view to satisfying a national de—
mand for the greatest possible variety of designs of the remark-
able homes of California. In all such cases, we have faithfully re-
produced the exteriors but revised the plans to make them con-
form in arrangement and construction to conditions existing else-
where. In fact, in all our own California work for publication, we

always change the plans and construction methods more or less
to make them fill eastern as well as western requirements, while
keeping the exteriors identical. Special and exceptionally com-
plete new drawings are prepared for all plans offered in book
form.

The Stillwell Architectural Service.

 

In accuracy and completeness of detail drawings, Builders find
our plans exceptionally easy to follow. Particularly in our cor-
respondence service, have we realized the necessity of reliability
and explicitness in the plans, if the houses are to be faithfully re-
produced. People in every State in the United States, Canada
and many foreign lands are enjoying homes built from our plans.
We have had a longer experience in correspondence work than
any other architect in the West. A few testimonials printed herein
do not in the least exaggerate the work we do.

We do no supervising or superintending of buildings under
construction, nor do we take bids for the same. By eliminating
the doubtful value of supervision and specializing on plans only,
we do not perform the full service of local architects. On the
other hand, we make Stillwell plans more plain and explicit and
furnish more and better drawings and specifications than most
regular architects who get 5 per cent or more for their services,
which usually include supervision. Most architects will not fur-
nish a bill of materials, but we prepare very minutely itemized
quantity lists. The aim of the Stillwell service is to produce such
perfectly explicit plans that any prospective builder can use them
intelligently, let his own contracts safely, and save money in so
doing.

We have the confidence in the value of our services which en-
ables us to make our remarkable Guarantee and Money- back offer
on all the plans in our books.

Hearth-Fires

There's a little side street at the edge of the town,
That slopes from the brow of the hill.

Where the shadows lie deep from the sun going down,
And the harsh city noises are still.

The white wings of peace seem to brood in the air
Of this little side street that I know,

And Phyllis so fair is awaiting me there.
In our own little Bungalow.

The stern wheel of Toil—let it drive as it may:
At even its driving is (lone.

And my cares fall away at the close of the day
As the morning mist melts in the sun.

In the quaint inglenook with my pipe and my book,
I sit by the fire- lights glow

With Phyllis so fair with the light on her hair—
In our own little Bungalow.

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No. R-64.

A house like this is most suitable in a neighborhood of two-story residences. The first story
exterior is a cream color rough cast cement surface. The upper walls and roof are stained
shingles. The small front porch might be widened if the situation requires it.

The floor plans of this house show an arrangement of 12 rooms which can not be excelled
for convenience or low building cost. The kitchen work is compassed in a small space for a

house of this size, but with the help of a permanently enclosed porch, provides everything to
simplify that service.

 

Cost, $4000 to $4500. Plans and Specifications, $35.00. Material List. $10.00. ’ J

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No. R-65.

This is perhaps our most handsome story and a half exterior. It is a house of great richness
and refinement The porch masonry and outside of the fireplace are hard burned and clinker
brick laid rough. The walls are shingles. The porch floor and steps are concrete.

The rooms of each plan are well connected and most of them easily accessible from a hall.
The dining room and living room are separated by a wide open arch. These rooms have beamed
ceilings and a paneled wainscoting. A breakfast room is coming to be a necessity with many
families. In this case it is conveniently located with reference to the kitchen and dining room.
Provision is made in the working plans for the following conveniences: Bookcases, fireplace, coat
closet, kitchen cabinets, buffet, built-in refrigerator, laundry on screen porch, large closets on
second floor and clothes chute.

Cost, $4500 to $5000. Plans and Specifications, $35.00. Material List, $/0.00.

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This is a fine specimen of the many beautiful things California has to contribute
to the New Architecture. A house of this kind must have plain flat surfaces or panels
with windows carefully grouped and placed. Although the roof in perspective appears
fiat, there is a sufficient air space under it and spec1al roof ventilators are provided as
well as vents under the wide cornice.

The front porch is one of the best features. ’The roof above is flat so that it may
be used for all the purposes to which balconies are put.

Rooms throughout are of generous proportions. The room opening off from
the stair hall may be furnished as a den, library or even as a bedroom. Under the
stair landing is a fine light cloak room with a lavatory. The second floor has three
large bedrooms, bath, a maid’s room, and a dressing room for the front bed room.

Cast, $5000 to $6000. Plans and Specifications, $40.00. Material List, $15.00.

Get what you pay for. See page 56.

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N0. R—67.

Here is a one—story-and—a-half house that. in point of design and plan. may cor-
rectly be called a Bungalow. The exterior design is not altered to make a second
story. except the placing of necessary window openings. Lower walls are siding. The
outside head casings of all windows are on a line and made wide enough to form—
with a molding and corbels—a finish for the shingled upper walls. Porches are cement
with stippled cement plaster pedestals and walls.

The side of house is even more attractive from the opposite corner, making it
suitable for a double frontage. but this View shows front and roof lines best. The
slope of the roof makes the rafters cut the second story bedroom ceilings, but only
a little as the walls are six feet high at the lowest point.

Cost, $3200 10 $3300. Plans and Specifications, $20.00. iValcrial List, $7.50.

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No. R-68.

Exterior walls of this bungalow are siding over insulating paper and sheathing.
The siding is stained brown, the shingled roof is brown of a lighter shade and the win-
dow trim is painted a light cream.

In the first story the front closets are so large that they could accommodate a
concealed wall bed or disappearing bed which so many like to install to make the den
an emergency bed room. The breakfast alcove will seat 4 or 5 persons comfortably
and the use of it will save a lot of unnecessary work at all times.

While the house is really one story, it is so large as to give an unusually good
attic. We have planned it with two nice rooms in which the low walls are 5 feet high,
sloping from that point upward. The basement occupies the entire space back of the
living room line and is divided into the usual number of rooms.

Cost, $2800 [0 $3200. Plans and Specifications, $20.00. Material List, $7.50.

Get what you pay for. See page 56.

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The-simple construction with care given to the right combination of materials
make this a most attractive and inexpensive two story home. Exterior wood work
15 painted and stained w1th dark colors; the cement block trimmings are light gray.

All the rooms of both plans are grouped around the stairway, which is the most
original feature of the interior. This stairway is not concealed as might be supposed
from its position. The entrance to it is a passage with square columns as seen from
the living room side. The railing of the stairs is a grill in the beautiful Craftsman
style which extends from the top of the living room paneling to the ceiling. Among
the details and specifications of the interior finish are: Beamed ceilings, paneled waln-
scoting, double floors, bookcases, columned arch, roomy buffet, much cabinet space in
the kitchen, and plenty of closet room.

Cost, $3190 to $3500. Plans and Specifications, $20.00. Material List, $7.50.

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The expansive roof of this house covers a surprisingly large amount of floor space.
The partly recessed porch and large well placed windows with the beautiful surround-
ings make this a most attractive home.

The living room and dining room are separated with a wide columned arch. The
front room which is shut off from the living room by a Sliding door can be made
a sun parlor, den or an emergency bed room. One of the best things in these plans
is the hall which connects the principal rooms below and also forms a convenient
means of reaching the rooms above. The stairs being cut off from the living room
will not carry off heat as they do in most open stairways. Some of the nice points
about this Bungalow are the large closets, kitchen cupboards, ventilated cooling closet,
medicine cabinet built in the bathroom, and the basement.

Cost, $2200 to $2600. Plans and Specifications, $15.00. Material List, $6.00.

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This is another Bungalow with two attic rooms. Exterior walls are siding and
shingles with surfaced trimmings. The overhang of the roof is supported by substan-
tial brackets characteristic of this style of architecture. The porch floor is wood but
might be made of cement.

Compared with many Bungalows, the rooms are large, and one of the special ad-
vantages are roomy closets below and above. The living room has a large practical
fireplace which is decorative inside and outside. The pass halls give access to the
bath from three principal rooms of the first floor and is conveniently located in con-
nection with the stairway. The stairway and hall above are well lighted from a rear
gable.

Cost, $2700 to $3000. Plans and Specifications, $17.50. Material List, $6.00.

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This is a splendid example of the way in which a Bungalow with ordinary plan
and exterior may be finished in plaster. Such a house as this can be built of metal
lath on framing, brick, or hollow tiles. Work of this character requires plans pre-
pared with the utmost care in every detail. As a rule the ordinary Bungalow can
not be finished in plaster without certain changes in plans. On account of the simple
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There are seven rooms. The two rear bed rooms have deep wardrobes. The
screened porch with ventilated cooler, closet and laundry trays is large enough to be .
called a work room. Entrance to the cellar is from the kitchen while the attic stairs Get your working plans
go up from the rear. well in advance of the

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Here is something entirely new in Bungalow design. The exterior is cement fl/ ‘
plaster and the roof is red Spanish tiles. The lines are simple, dignified and decidedly 2-; LQ'VO’gI‘j’
“classy.” This is an excellent house for either an inside or corner lot. V’: § 151.23?
The floor plan appeals to many who require many large rooms, but do not like to i

climb weary stairs to reach half of them. There are eight principal rooms, halls,
closets, bath and screen porch. Also a large cement cellar and stairs to the attic I

space. All of the cabinet work including bookcases. arches, buffet, closet drawer chests, r

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No. R-614

This is one of the best examples of the true mission style. It has the typical
plan of a court or “patio” enclosed by three sides of the building. The two wings
extend back from the front and as they are independently roofed. the court is
open. This offers the greatest amount of comfort as all the rooms are perfectly
lighted and ventilated. The roofs of these houses are commonly made of Span-
ish tile, but look well of shingles with tile hips and ridges.

The principal rooms are finished with heavy box ceiling beams and paneled
wainscoting. The living room fireplace is very large and is built of split field
stone; that of the den is smaller and has a tile front. A stairway leads to an
open air roof garden which is one of the attractive features of the house. This
house is heavily framed and is covered with sheathing, building paper and cement
plaster.

Cost, $5500 to $6000. Plans and Specifications, $40.00. Material List, $15.00.

Get what you pay for. See page 56.

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This is one of the handsomest of all the famous California BungaJOWS. It is as
well finished outside and inside as most houses costing ten thousand dollars. The
outside is a pleasing combination of brick, siding. and shingles, the brick running to
the window sills, the walls sided, and the gables shingled.

Square columned arches separate the reception hall and nook from the living
room. This room has box ceiling beams and paneled wainscoting. The dining room
has a beautiful buffet; also an extra china closet. Kitchen and pantry are equipped
with every desirable convenience. The attic contains two rooms, each 12x13 feet with
closets and storage space. These rooms are in the main side gables. Ceilings are
partly sloping, the side walls being cut by rafters at a height of 51/2 feet.

Cost, $3750 to $4500. Plans and Specifications, $25.00. Material List, $l0.00.

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No. R-616.

This house meets a popular demand for a story and a half house at a very low
cost. This is 'made possible only by keeping the exterior plain and avoiding a good
many “extra” features in the floor plans. The main part of the house and porch is
under one roof. The porch work is brick with a cement floor. Siding is stained brown
and trimmings painted white. There is a large cellar which is reached by stairs from
the back porch.

The plan provides for six rooms. The living room has a plain brick fireplace. The
buffet in the end of the dining room is a most attractive thing with a high window
above and long windows on each side. 'The kitchen has a ventilated cooler and com-
plete cupboard equipment. The second floor has two balconies and much closet room.

Cost, $2000 to $2500. Plans and Specifications, $12.50. Material List, $7.50.

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No. R-617.

This flat roof and wide overhang style of Bungalow is known as the “Swiss Chalet.”
The exterior construction otherwise is like any other Bungalow. The roof is covered
with white asbestos composition roofing. The construction is so strong that it will
stand up well in any locality. Plans call for concrete floors in basement and front
porch.

The arrangement of the interior is ideal. Note the special feature of the Holmes
Disappearing Bed. The den, with its beautiful built-in cabinet, may be instantly con-
verted into a bedroom simply by drawing out the concealed bed. The second story
screened rooms are built in the center of the attic. By extending the back room to the
rear kitchen wall, it could be made large enough to divide into two rooms.

Cost, $3500 to $4000. Plans and Specifications, $25.00. lMaterial List, $l0.00.

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The front is attractive in itself while vines and flowers give it an additional interest.
The lower walls are wide siding and gables shingles, the gable projecting and sup-
ported by brackets and exposed timbers. Our working plans provide a slightly steeper
pitch of the roof than this picture shows in order to make the attic ceilings full height.
We also have a one story plan.

The room arrangement is that which is desired by so many families—four down
stairs and two bed rooms and bath above. The living room and dining room are large.
The pantry has an abundance of cupboard room. In the rear of the living room is an
open terrace which is reached through wide French windows. The stairway is open
on the living room side and is lighted from a dormer window above.

Cost, $3500 to $3700. Plans and Specifications, $20.00. Material List, $7.50.

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Although a rather narrow width, this house is designed so that the effect is that
of a larger house. It will look well on a lot as narrow as forty feet. The outside walls
are rustic to the top of the window casings, which are a continuance of a frieze around
the house. Above this frieze the walls are shingled. The stairway, as seen from the
reception hall, is finished in the Craftsman style; also the living room and dining
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No. R-621.

The term Swiss Chalet has stuck to the Bungalows and two—story houses that have
flat roofs and more or less timber construction showing especially in roof supports.
This house is a beautiful example of the medium-cost Chalets. Exterior walls are
siding and the roof a white asbestos-coated roll roofing.

First story ceilings are 9 feet high and second 8 feet. The plans were prepared
under the censorship of a woman having expert knowledge of woman’s housekeeping
needs. Note the accessibility of all parts of the house and the many built-in acces-
sories. A special feature of the plan is the manner in which the first-story bedroom is
connected by a small room with the toilet. The purpose is the complete isolation of
these rooms in cases of contagious diseases, an inestimable advantage to any family.

Cost, $3000 to $3400. Plans and Specifications, $20.00. .Malerial List, $7.00.

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This is one of the most desirable homes, having all rooms on one floor.
It is substantially built and compactly planned. Foundation walls and porch
pedestals are brick. A delightful wide porch extending across the front and
half of one side with all the other good features of design and plan combine
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No. R—623.

A Bungalow of exceptionally striking character. The gray brick work of
the porch is worked up in uncommonly pleasing forms, harmonizing well with
the white stuccoed gable.

The house has seven regular rooms and an attic planned similar to R-67 with
two low rooms, each 12x121/é. Note should be made of the hall arrangement
which connects all but one of the principal rooms. Anyone willing to dispense
with access to the hall from the living room, could run the front bed room over
to the living room and dining room, making it 17x13. The number and size of
the closets alone would make this an unusually desirable house. The basement
extends from the living room back under the main width of the building. The
Stairways. up and down. in combination with the grade level door is an ideal
arrangement.

Cost, $2600 to $3.700. Plans and Specifications, $17.50. .‘Waterial List, $6.00.

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No. R-624.

Brick (or tile) fire-resisting construction is a new development in small houses.
The walls of this Bungalow are solid masonry with a thick coating of stucco. The in-
side studs, joists and rafters are wood, but the roof, different from the ordinary fire
risk, is covered with cement tiles. Our plans call for a direct front porch entrance, in-
stead of at the end, as the photograph shows. This makes a great improvement
in the front appearance. With a fully developed setting, this will make a strikingly at-
tractive Bungalow. Ordinary frame construction would cost about $250 less.

This is a fully equipped Bungalow, with book cases, buffet, cold air closet, kitchen
cabinets, concealed wall bed, drawers in closets, wardrobe, and big screen porch with
combination inside and grade entrance to the basement.

Cost, $2600 to $2850. Plans and Specifications, $/5.00. Material List, $6.00.

Get what you pay for. See page 56.

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Brick Bungalows of very moderate cost can be built, altho often regarded
as prohibitive in cost. The design selected is a replica of one of the South—
land’s most attractive homes with changes to make it applicable to any climatic
requirements. The exterior is hard pressed face brick, gray predominating.
but with enough variation in shades and surface to produce a beautiful mottled
effect.

The plan is for seven rooms of good proportions. The sanitary arrange-
ments are excellent, there being separate plumbing to isolate completely the
small bed room in any case of sickness, or if it is used as a maid’s room. The
exceptional convenience of the built-in furniture is a feature of the plan.
Both sides of the arch buttresses have splendid roomy recesses for books,
writing desk, etc. The bath room and kitchen have an extraordinary amount
of cupboard room. The roof is designed low, but still there is an unfinished
attic about 8 feet high in the center.

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No. R—626

Rarely does a house so successfully combine the general lines of the true
Bungalow with so many qualities of the old cottage styles. The house presents
a most pleasing front with its beautiful cement porch enclosed with a simple
rock-faced artificial brown-stone railing.

In arranging for light rooms the central thought was to reduce the living
requirements of a fair size family to a simple one-story proposition. The
accessibility of the rooms is obviously exceptional. The permanently glassed-
and-screened back porch is large and might be used for laundry purposes. The
concrete basement occupies the rear two-thirds of the building, and is divided
into a furnace room through the center, laundry room and store room; all
accessible through a hallway having outside and inside stairs. The attic space
is eight feet high.

Cost, $3050 to $3300. Plans and Specifications, $17.50. Material List, $6.00.

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No. R-627.

This Bungalow combines a most beautiful exterior with a perfect plan. Walls
are covered with alternate courses of wide and narrow siding. Porches have
cement floors; also the basement. Basement area 234 square feet.

The accessibility of any room, and complete equipment, makes housekeeping
easy. really a pleasure. Each outside closet has a window and chest of drawers.
In the kitchen a woman can almost sit on a piano stool to do her work.

This Bungalow will be a revelation to people used to larger houses. Anyone
who is willing to leave the collection of artistic junk and large libraries to public
institutions will find this the equal in comfort of any $5000 home.

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This California Bungalow reproduced in a colder climate meets every require-
ment perfectly; there is no question about that, says the Builder. The plan is a
slight deviation from the typical Bungalow arrangement. but has similar conven-
lences.

The foundation wall is brick while the exterior is cement plaster on metal lath.
The roof is good cedar shingles with hanging gutters.

A seven foot basement under the rear back of the dining room is reached by a
grade level landing. The porch steps, being inside the glassed-in screen porch, are »
safe from slippery ice and sleet. This combination grade-door is a comfortable i
inside entrance arranged in such a way that the necessity of a second or outside ' 5 5‘
cellar stairway is eliminated. The plan has many obviously valuable features and
the exterior is of such a beautifully simple design that it is worthy of serious con-
sideration to any one about to build.

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CLIMATE AND HABITS IN BUILDING

Most men persist in doing a thing long after the necessity for
it has ceased. That is a habit. In some sections of the country
will be found peculiar features or methods of construction which
have been perpetuated for so many years that people have come to
think them indispensible in a beautiful and well-built home.

IN COLD CLIMATES

Basements. In the North, a full-size basement is the rule. Our
experience proves that a concrete basement or cellar just large
enough for real needs should occupy less than half of the space
under a six or seven-room house. One or two sides of the furnace
compartment may be left unceiled so the heat from this room will
rise and flow under the floors above the unexcavated portion. In
this way all floors will be kept just as warm as with a full-size
basement. Only in a heavy clay soil, which heaves the foundations
under the action of frost, is it necessary for other than cellar walls
to go below the frost line.

Cellar Stairs. In average size houses, it is best to have the
stairs go down from the screen porch, or be within easy reach of
an outside grade door. The extra outside cellarway is a constant
source of annoyance, always in need of repair, and the convenience
it affords is not worth the cost.

Screen Porch. A most necessary feature; keeps out wind, dirt
and flies. In cold weather, storm sashes are substituted for screens.
This makes a very comfortable and convenient workroom.

IN WARM CLIMATES

Size of Rooms. The rooms in our plans are of good proportions
and have a decided advantage over the large rooms of the South.
Large rooms mean large carpets or rugs and unnecessary furnish-
ings to fill up space. A few feet increase in each dimension adds
fifty per cent. to the area, much to the cost and is a heavy tax on
the housekeeper’s efforts, nerve-force and sanity.

Halls. Long central halls are objectionable for the same rea-
sons. Hall space for any other purpose than privacy and accessi-
bility, is waste. Big rooms and long halls increase the high cost
of building, and often make servants a necessity.

Ceilings. High ceilings are largely a matter of custom. Nine
feet is sufficient almost anywhere, and ten and one-half the limit
of usefulness. Every inch taken from the height of your ceilings
will mean a considerable saving in your yearly fuel bills.

Ventilation. In the South, big rooms, central halls and high
ceilings are considered necessary in keeping houses cool. Cutting
down hall space, permitting a freer circulation of air, and pro-
viding for plenty of windows, serves the purpose more successfully.
It is free circulation of air—not imprisoned air—which makes for
comfort and good health in the summer; We provide for special
attic ventilation to draw off the heat. This is a very important
factor in making the rooms cool.

Heating. Heating a. whole house by means of fireplaces is not
economy. A good warm-air furnace gives better results, heats more
rooms and costs less than several fireplaces. The free circulation
of air which our plans afford also makes the houses easy to warm
in winter.

COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS VERSUS NEW
METHODS

Foundations. A high masonry foundation is expensive. A low founda-
tion framed from the wall up to the floor (we provide specially for cold
climate construction), makes a more pleasing appearance. However, this
is one of the less important features.

Cabinet Kitchens. Eliminate the pantry and you will save time,
space and steps. Plenty of convenient cupboard room with perhaps a
ventilated cooler cupboard, all within easy reach, will hold as much and
present as neat an appearance. Bulky or seldom-used articles can be kept
(fm “he screen porch, where extra cupboards or closets may be provided
or t em.

Entrance Halls. Entrance halls or vestibules are usually not desirable
in small houses. They detract from the general attractiveness by afford-
ing a comparatively poor entrance effect, occupy space needed for living
rooms and spoil the plan by breaking into the continuity of arrangement
that is the chief charm of a small house. Protection against cold and
storms may be provided for by wide or sheltered porches and tight storm
doors, or by removable vestibules.

Roofs. The shingle roofs we show are not less than quarter pitch.
and will last well if laid right. The low effect of the Bungalow is a
characteristic which should be preserved; and it is due partly to low
foundations and ceilings and partly to the slope of the roof.

The wide over-hanging roof is beautiful everywhere. In hot weather
it protects the windows and walls from the intense heat and in the
winter, when the sun swings low on the horizon, the warmth is not
excluded.

Attics. The attic under an ordinary Bungalow roof will not be more
than six or eight feet at the highest point, and to increase the pitch much
is to spoil the exterior. The usable space in an attic is largely offset by
space which a stairway occupies and by the increased hall room necessary
to make the stairs accessible.

A scuttle in the ceiling somewhere, with the aid of a step-ladder, will
make the attic available for storing little-used or out-of—season articles.
If this is not sufficient, it is better to select a house with an extra room
for storage. or plan for a story-and-a-half in the beginning.

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A MAN BUILT EIGHT

(Used ready-made plans.

STILLW ELL BUNGALOWS

This letter is an unsolicited testimonial.)

Gentlemen: Edwardsville, Ill.

I mailed you a check a few days ago for
510,00, covering the plans sent me October 23rd.

I received the two books and thank you very
much for them. I have built eight California
Bungalows in one block this last summer, and
they are the first genuine Bungalows that have
been built in this locality. Some fifteen hundred
people have visited them during the last three
weeks and they have created considerable ex-
citement. For your information I am sending
you one of the circulars I got up announcing
the completion of them.

I have a great many Bungalow books, but I
have found nothing that is as complete in every
detail as the plans shown in your booklets. You
certainly have the proposition down to perfec-

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STILLWELL BUNGALOWS IN ILLINOIS

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Nothing in recent years that so completely affects home life
has grown so rapidly in favor as has the modern Bungalow. First
from the West and South, and now from the East and North,
comes the unqualified approval and adoption of this style of home.

We are all inclined to question the merits of most things upon
which we are not informed. This has been true to some extent with
the Bungalow, but these objections are quickly eliminated when an
investigation is made.

In this section of the middle West, where we have a combina-
tion of climates, many builders modify the plans and constructions
of the Bungalow until it loses its identity. This, while it may not
destroy its many advantages, does destroy its beauty and denies the
extra satisfaction and comfort which a combination of beauty and
convenience affords. - .

One hears nearly every type of country and suburban home
called a Bungalow, provided only that the house is somewhat in-
formal or picturesque in its lines. Some one has remarked that in
the new dictionaries a Bungalow should be defined as “a house
that looks as if it had been built for less money than it actually
cost.”

Simple as a Bungalow appears outwardly, an economical
arrangement of living room, dining room, service and bed rooms,
with means of ready communication is not easily accomplished. It
is not uncommon to find an otherwise attractive Bungalow with 25
percent of the floor space wasted.

With all due respect to the complete knowledge that every
new builder of a home has, as to just what is right and proper, it
must be admitted that the architectural profession deserves a
large place in the arrangement, if the best results are to be obtained.
It is well then to go fully into every detail and feature of the Plans
before changing or discarding them.

The Bungalow must be long, low, plain and massive. To de-
viate from any of these on account of cost, or for any cause,

destroys the true Bungalow effect, while to get these effects and
carry them out in every detail requires the most careful planning.

Some have thought that the Bungalow, with its wide departure
from our cottage and two-story type of house was only a fad and
would pass as other fads do. Such opinions are without foundation,
for the Bungalow is here to stay. Beautiful in lines, substantial in
construction, and practical for health and convenience, it has taken
its place as one of the best styles of American homes.

The Building in Edwardsville of the First
Genuine Thoroughly Modern Bungalows

After a very careful study of all the styles of architecture of moderate
priced homes, I became convinced there was nothing that could compare
with the Bungalow, and with the purchase of the spacious grounds that
are now Logan Place, I was afforded the most desirable location for the
building of such homes. To-day, five months after starting, eight modern
Bungalows, of six and eight rooms each, grace this beautiful park.

The plans for these Bungalows were drawn by Los Angeles, California,
architects and but for some minor changes, the finished buildings are just
what you would see if you were upon the streets of that most beautiful
city, where you can ride a hundred miles and pass nothing but Bungalows.

The deep satisfaction and delight it has given me to plan and build
these homes, with their beautiful surroundings, fills me with the desire
to have every one interested in the ideal, visit them, and I invite all to
come and see, that they may learn the merit and many advantages of
the Bungalow.

Far too often the builder of a new home Is disappointed with it;
some important feature or the quality of some material has been over-
looked, whiie a desire to get something cheap leads to a cheapening all
along the line, with the result that the home, when finished, falls short of
expectations. This is a severe disappointment, for if there is anything
in all the world that concerns one vitally, It is one’s own home.

Although we may build ever so many houses we will always find
room for improvement, but experience becomes more valuable here, per-
haps, than anywhere else in all the vocations of life, more valuable
because it concerns the most vital work.

If you are once interested in a home you will see how completely the
objectionable features in building have been eliminated in the construc-
tion of the Logan Place Bungalows, and also how many features are added
that make up the perfect house.

The arrangement in these houses is considered by the many who have
inspected them to be as near perfect as is possible in houses of this size
and cost. Every feature that could possibly be included will be found,
every inch of space that could be utilized has been wisely used.

S. F. LLOYD.

WHERE ARCHITECTS MOST OFTEN FAIL

Many architects ignore or slight small work. If you have less than
$5000 to invest in a home, it is not likely that you can secure the best
services of a local architect.

However, if this is possible, you are still likely to lose. Architects
who are not primarily interested in the planning of comparatively inex-
pensive homes, are not experts in such work and cannot do justice to it.
This work requires careful study and special training and experience,
which the average architect lacks.

It will pay you to choose architects who consider your home of so
much importance that they are willing to take the same care with the
hundreds of little details of design, construction and specification which
others give to more costly buildings. How very successfully Stillwell
plans actually work out is indicated in the last five paragraphs of the
opposite column.

DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH OF YOUR BUILDER

In some localities a contractor is expected to be both architect and
builder. In addition to his real business, he assumes, in order to secure
his contract, the responsibility of designing and planning houses, expect-
ing to save enough out of the building to pay for plans.

With all his other work and without any special training, it is
utterly impossible for the ordinary contractor to make plans which will
assure you the protection you need, and everything you are likely to
expect. And if you make the mistake of figuring with an unscrupulous
builder, there is real danger in signing a contract based upon incomplete
plans. He will under-bid his honest competitor and promise anything
to get the contract signed, then later hold to the bare contract require-
ments, charging exorbitant prices for “changes” and “extras.”

“Home-made” builder’s plans are the real source of nearly all dif-
ferences and disappointments on both sides. Almost invariably owners
expect changes free and much that is not incorporated in plans, specifica-
tions or contract.

We believe in the contract system. It is worth something to know
your home will not cost more than a stipulated amount. The profit in the
average contract is usually represented by savings in the purchase of ma-

terials, in the handling of workmen and the various economies made
possible by experience. Most contractors are honest and will do as they
agree. But for your own protection you should Insist upon very detailed

and complete plans and specifications, these to form the vital part of
the contract.

SAVE REAL DOLLARS and GET BETTER RESULTS

Unless peculiar local conditions are such as to require an architect
right on the job, we can render you a far better service. You will get
the benefit of our years of experience covering this whole country. We
will save you real money because we are experts and plan homes to build
economically. We furnish better plans than you can get elsewhere at
any price. You can do your own superintending with Stillwell plans.
Honest contractors like our plans, because they enable them more easily
to satisfy the owners.

Our claims are not exaggerated. Satisfy yourself on this point by
getting a set of plans subject to our money-back guarantee on page 54.

Page 28c

FOR PRACTICAL BUILDERS

There are some short-sighted Owners who think they can use a book
of pictures and floor plans—expecting the Builder to get as good results
as with complete detailed plans. This makes building too often a gamble
so far as satisfaction to the Owner and fair reward to the Builder are
concerned.

Our books are not practicalto build from because they give compara-
tively little idea of the thousand and one little things shown in the
actual working plans.

It is not surprising that practical builders have little respect for
ordinary architects who have not the peculiar qualifications for designing
homes of moderate cost. Their plans are expensive in the drafting and
in the building; their supervision is of little or no value—often they
know less than the contractor and really hamper his work.

It isn’t our business to teach you as a builder, how to run yours,
but we do claim (and it is proved by these and other letters), that plans
are necessary and that our services are reasonable in cost and will be
profitable whether building for yourself or others. Especially do we
maintain that the Stillwell plan service is a most valuable and neces-
sary medium through which you and your clients may reach and main-
tain mutually satisfactory agreements.

SYMMETRY AND PROPORTION REQUIRE PLANS

“‘I have filled in the blank, and feel it my duty to you, as well as
a pleasure to myself, to say more in detail than the blank admits of.

“I am a. local contractor, and the plan I ordered from you was for
one of my prospective customers. He and his wife seemed pleased with
the house from the start to finish, and every one else who sees it.

“The party for whom I built the house has sold his business here, and
he told me a few days ago that wherever he locates he wanted that house
reproduced for him without any changes whatever.

“I will admit that I have built two or three houses here from your
photographs and floor plans in your books, when the party absolutely
refused to buy the pians,‘ but I always insist that the only way to get
everything symmetrical and in proportion Is to have a set of plans."

Le Grand, Cal. W. I. GLASGOW.

*A contractor in this position can better afford to purchase the plans
himself. They will positively save their cost in time, trouble and ma-
er a s.

CONTRACTOR—BUILDING FOR HIMSELF—
FINDS PLAN MONEY WELL SPENT

“I find your plans as a rule more satisfactory to build from, than
made-to-order plans at many times the cost of stock plans. Have just
finished a. $4500 Bungalow where the plans and architect’s supervision
cost over $150.00—money that in my estimation was worse than wasted;
for I can select from your books several plans of houses costing about
that amount, that I am sure would have given, when built, better satis-
faction to the Owner.

Page 28d

“But the great trouble is to make most prospective builders—that
is the ones who are comfortably rich—believe they can get as good or
better results from a stock plan costing $15.00 as they could get by
paying an architect $200.

“I have built a good many homes where I have had to draw my own
plans; had to do it in order to get the work. But where building for
myself as I am about to do now, I think the cost of a set of plans ls

money well spent.”
J. C. LESLIE, Contractor and Builder.
Nordhoff, Cal.

PROFIT BY EXPERIENCE OF OTHERS

“In words as fashions, the same rule will hold
Alike fantastic if too new or old.

Be not the first by whom the new are tried,
Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.”

The same thing applies to the building of homes. Old methods and
old styles are rapidly passing.

The progressive builder finds his success is in building, not in design-
ing. He knows that he can get better and cheaper plans. He knows
such plans save time and materials. When there is no uncertainty, he
can figure closely and safely. He is relieved of responsibility for the
design. His contracts are not a gamble or a guess—sometimes winning,
sometimes losing. He works by definite, known-in-advance methods.
He finds it easier and more profitable to please his clients and keep their
good will. He realizes that beautiful homes and satisfied owners are the
best advertisements a. builder can possibly have.

If you are about to build a home, it is of vital importance that a
right start be made. You ought to know just what you are to get, down
to the smallest detail, so—contract or no contract—you need Stillwell plans
to insure the beauty of your home with all the little conveniences and
advantages. The only way to have your work progress smoothly and be
satisfactory is to use definite detailed plans made by a disinterested
third party.

If in Doubt, Remember This: Stillwell homes are not freaks or fads.
They are new styles which are a vast improvement over the old. They
have been tried out in every part of the country and in making a suitable
selection you will not be taking any chance or experimenting with any-
thing doubtful.

Stillwell plans are absolutely practical. They are simple and plain.
They are specially prepared for builders who want the essentials without
confusion of lines. Your builder can make no mistake if they are faith-
fully. followed, making only such minor changes as conditions absolutely
require.

Get real plans and specifications and lay aside the old, uncertain, cut-
and-try methods of building. Building under these conditions is mutually
profitable to all and the bugaboos you hear of as necessary incidents in
building will disappear.

The few testimonials printed do not in the least exaggerate the value
of Stillwell plans. No matter where you live, they will suit you as well.
If you want a home which is not merely different from your neighbor’s
but better, you should find these experiences instructive. For your added
protection, we make the best plan guarantee ever offered. See page 55.

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No. R-629.

_ The body of this house is rough siding over sheathing. The porch gable is
finished in shingles. Cement front steps.

The principal rooms are private, yet accessible. Built-in fixtures and closets
afford plenty of room to stow away the many things in daily use. Bookcases are
large enough for a small library. The buFfet has glass doors above a counter shelf
two feet eight inches from the floor, and below are drawers and doors. This looks
like a piece of furniture. The kitchen cupboards above the counter shelf run to
the ceiling and have wood panel doors.

One of the advantages of this house over the smaller bungalows is the large

attic having one fine room and space enough for another. Outside and inside base-
ment stairs.

Cost, $2600 to $2865. Plans and Specifications, $17.50. Material List, $6.00.

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No. R-630.

This is one of the most original designs to be found in all Bungalow Land. It
has a reserve and dignity all of its own, yet it looks comfortable and most inviting.
The outside walls are cement plaster (stucco) on metal lath.

The floor plan shows all the comforts and conveniences anyone could ask for.
A compact room arrangement saves space, yet the plan shows complete isolation for
each bedroom. This Bungalow has one feature, which on account of lower roofs
cannot be found in many others, viz., a really valuable attic. Here is a bedroom, a
sewing room and closets. Write for attic plan.

The basement is full size.
walls, which are cobblestones.

Walls are solid concrete, excepting the front porch
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Cost, $2500 to $3000. For Shinglea' Walls, Deduct $150. Plans and Specifications,
$20.00. Material List, $6.00.

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A unique type of Bungalow having walls of cement on metal lath. This con-
struction lends itself to a great many variations in artistic effects, but the builder
must look well to the design of the house or the result will be anything but attractive.
The porch and terraced walls and the veneer of the front are cement blocks laid
broken ashlar style. The main lines of the roof are exactly the same as the ordinary
Bungalow covered with shingles or rustic. Every room of the house is of good pro-
portions and there is every desirable convenience. The dining room has a five—foot
buffet in the Mission style. One of the linen closets has a clothes chute leading to
the basement. ‘The basement occupies the space under the bedroom, bath and kitchen,
and is floored with concrete. To anyone desiring to finish this house with shingles
or siding instead of plaster we will furnish free blueprints indicating the alterations.

Cost, $2500 to $2750. For Shingled Walls, Deducl $170. Plans and Specifications,
$15.00. Material List, $6.00.

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The Bungalow, more than any other style of house seems to require some
form of masonry in the porch construction, in order to appear to best ad-
vantage. Brick, in its varied forms and colors, or artificial cement stone, as
in this house, are most popular. With masonry porch walls, cement floors
are invariably used.

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is a most satisfactory arrangement. The effect is of one great room, 31x15, [-
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priate design. This gives the dining room a double exposure—which is not
common in six-room houses of any kind.

One bed room is made with seven screened casement openings, so that Plans that save minutes and
it will fill all ordinary sleeping room requirements and, at the same time, be
instantly convertible into a screened sleeping porch.

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No. R-633.

The exterior of this beautiful home is a pleasing combination of the least ex-
pensive of materials. Porch and fireplace masonry are cobblestones of various
colors and uneven sizes, laid up in dark mortar. Walls are shingles which are
oiled with a light brown stain. All trimmings are smooth and painted dark brown.
Dormers on each side of the roof make the Bungalow as attractive in perspective
as directly in front.

This home has the uncommon feature of an entrance hall set off by an attrac-
tive arched opening into the living room. One wouldn’t ask for greater accessi-
bility between rooms. Being inter-communicating, heating with a furnace is a
simple matter, and in summer it is equally easy to keep the rooms cool by cross
ventilation through so many opening windows. The combined enclosed porch and
basement entrance is a worthy convenience and offers complete protection from
the weather.

Cost, $2290 to $2500. Plans and Specifications, $15.00. Material List, $5.00.

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No. R-634.

A large Bungalow with six fine rooms. The exterior design is simple and com-
posed of several very ordinary elements so that a builder secures a very good-looking
Bungalow at an exceedingly low cost. The chimney, porch walls and pedestals are
clinker brick, a material which can be obtained for almost nothing in many localities.
The porch floor is cement, and the steps are clinker brick. The outside finish is mostly
rough lumber with a dark stain. Brick foundation. Cellar.

Every room is large and well lighted. The closets are all large. The living room
has a nice pressed brick fireplace with a built-in bookcase four and one-half feet high
on one side and a seat on the other.

Because of its inexpensive construction and simple lines, this Bungalow is espe-
c1ally desnable for a rustic summer home.

Cost, $2265 to $2485. Plans and Specifications, $15.00. Material List, $5.00.

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N0. R—635.

A beautiful homelike Bungalow, appropriate for either city or country. The porch
pillars, pedestals and walls are of clinker brick. The floors are cement. Instead of
the customary railing, two strands of chain hang between the pedestals. The porch
roof is supported by a beam carried by the two large brick columns. Walls are sided
up as far as the window sills and shingled above. The trimmings are white, the siding
gray, the shingles a dark stain, and the roof a very light gray. The style of the
front windows is very different from the ordinary.

The Bungalow is planned with five rooms, but could be made six rooms with
an addition of six feet to the length, making a bedroom where the rear porch now
is, and placing the porch in the rear of the kitchen. The kitchen cabinet is extra

large. Cellar.

Cost, $1900 to $2090. Plans and Specifications, $12.50. .Malcrial List, $5.00.

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No. R-636.

Everyone likes a wide, circular porch, but it is very unusual to find one which
looks so well on’ a small house. The outside covering of this house is the narrow
siding over sheathing. The belt course encircling the walls above the windows is of
diamond shape dimension shingles. The projection of the roof is two feet and lined
with ceiling on the under side. This house, being more on the cottage order, looks
better painted than stained.

A door in the dining room provides easy access to the side porch. The front
windows have leaded glass transoms. The cellar floor is cemented and has an area
of about 500 square feet. It is arranged for a furnace, with plenty of space for a
laundry.

Cost, $2200 to $2400. Plans and Specifications, $15.00. .Malcriul List, $5.00.

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No. R—637.

This porch is the original and strikingly attractive feature of this Bungalow.
This style is very popular and has been followed with many variations of detail.
If properly constructed, the gambrel roof is a great success, although plans must
be followed carefully. Cut stone is used in the porch and terrace walls; also as
a veneer for the front from the ground to the windows. Cement blocks, laid
broken ashlar style, clinker brick, or cobblestones, could be successfully sub-
stituted. The attic is high enough for storage or a low room.

In plan, the Bungalow is most conveniently arranged. A columned arch
divides the living room into a reception hall and the living room proper. Our
plans provide for a molded wood cornice and paneled wainscoting in the living
room and hall, but these features are not at all necessary except to give a better
finish. The basement is excavated in the entire rear back of the living room.

Cost, $2500 to $2800. Plans and Specifications, $15.00. Illaterial List, $5.00.

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No. R-638.

California furnishes many beautiful examples of large houses in the so-called mis-
sion style, but very few really artistic small homes. This is the best example we have
of the mission style exterior for a six room house. The walls are framed up, sheathed.
papered and plastered. The front windows are easements opening in. The roof is
shingled and has tile hips and ridges. This is cheaper and on a small house looks
about as well as an all tile roof.

The plan is that of a letter “H.” The den is so situated that it can be used as a
bed room. As the two main parts of the house are separated, a third bed room could
be built on at the rear of either side. Some builders do not require a cellar; in which
case the cupboard and stair space can be turned into a screened entrance.

Cost, $230010 $2550. Plans and Specifications, $/7.50. Material List, $5.00.

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No. R-639.

This is a style of Bungalow architecture that has proven very popular not only on
the Pacific Coast but throughout the country. The lines of the house are graceful. The
roof overhang or cornice has rafters exposed with fancy curved ends supporting gutters.
This exterior is a highly satisfactory selection to make in a locality not suitable for
extreme types of Bungalows.

The plan of the house successfully meets the needs of the average size family.
Having the living room and dining room both in front is the most satisfactory arrange-
ment with many people. especially where the central hall gives separate accesss to
each room in the rear. Anyone preferring to go down cellar from the kitchen might
reverse the stairway arrangement. but a roof dormer would then be required for attic
landing room. The attic is about 71/2 feet high in the center and the basement 7 feet.

Cost, $2200 to $2600. Plans and Specifications, 33/500. .Malcrial List, $5.00.

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No. R-640.

The exterior walls of this distinctive house are all shingles, which are beautifully
stained with a light tobacco brown. The wide overhanging verge boards of the roof
are also covered with Shingles, which gives a touch of originality to the entire design.
A unique effect is also secured by inserting cobblestones into the brick work of the
porch and fireplace.

The Bungalow has six rooms with all up-to-date features, including a pressed brick
fireplace of special design, arch with cabinets built into the high buttresses, large buffet,
kitchen cabinet, linen cupboard, medicine case, etc. The living room has a beamed
ceiling and the music room a wood cornice.

The cellar has a floor area of 300 square feet, making room for furnace, fuel, etc.
The attic of the house is unfinished, but our plans show the proper arrangement for
two full size rooms with eight-foot ceilings.

Cost, $2/50 to $2365. Plans and Specifications, $15.00. Material List, $5.00.

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No. R-641.

This is the Stillwell Bungalow shown in the Red Cedar booklet. It is a good
conservative example of the true Bungalow, something which will always prove at-
tractive, no matter how styles may change. This stone work is cement blocks made
like brown sand stone, laid up broken ashlar style. Walls may be shingled or sided
with alternate wide and narrow courses.

The room plan is different in several respects from some of the others. The mu-
sic room has a sliding door opening into the living room, so that it may be converted
into a bed room at will. The closet is large enough for any of the popular styles of
concealed beds. The wardrobe in the corner bed room supplies as much hanging
space as most closets, but if trunk room is needed, a real closet may be built to jut
out at the rear.

The dining room buffet, as seen through the wide columned arch from the living
room, is an artistic piece of built-in furniture. It is six feet wide inside and has two
pairs of leaded glass above an open counter shelf with a bevel plate mirror back.

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way, although the house is long, the much desired low effect is secured without too it

flat a roof. The inglenook is formed by building the living room out. The ceiling is i ‘ 7
dropped lower than the living room. The inglenook can be dispensed with. leaving
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one gable roof the same as the four rooms in the larger Bungalow. Don t break ground or

sign a contract until

R-642fl. Cost $2100 to $2275. Plans and Specifications, $15.00. Material List, $5.00. you get your plans.
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No. R-643.

This Bungalow illustrates the present tendency to use the most common ma-
terials and to design houses along the most simple lines possible. The walls of the
house are shingles and all of the finish is rough lumber. The roof is a gable roof with
dormers on the sides. The whole construction is very attractive yet most inexpensive.

The plan of the house is a splendid one as all of the rooms are of good proportions
and independent of each other. Closets are extra large. Besides these storage spaces
we have a seat. bookcase. a large buffet. and a completely fitted kitchen cabinet. The
dining room and the living room both have box ceiling beams and the common pan-
eled wainscoting. This house is one which seems to please everyone from both an ar-
tistic and a utilitarian standpoint.

Cost, 33/954 to $2125. Plans and Specifications, $15.00. Material List, $5.00.

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No. R-644.

Gabled roofs with the gables facing the street make very attractive bungalows
and the construction is inexpensive. The rough cast cement plaster of the porch wall
and pedestals is very pleasing in contrast to the dark stain of the house. The porch
has steps and a floor of cement. The front bedroom windows and also those on each
Sid}? of the large plate glass in the living room are casements with diamond shape
lig ts.

The interior of this house is planned without any waste of space and it is one
of the best arrangements of rooms possible. The principal features are two roomy
seats, extra closets, fireplace, columned and buttressed arch, buffet, hat and drawer
cabinet in middle bedroom closet, kitchen cabinet, etc. This house has a grade en-
trance to a concrete cellar, in which arrangement is made for a furnace. Cellar area
286 square feet.

Cost, $2200 to $2500. Plans and Specifications, $15.00. Material List, $5.00,

 

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No. R-645.

This simple and attractive home has been popular everywhere. The outside is a
combination of rustic siding and shingles. The house not being on the more extreme

Bungalow order, finds especial favor in communities still given to the building of the
cottage style.

A more convenient plan cannot be found. The buffet of the dining room is larger
than in most small houses, being five feet wide. It contains deep drawers and cup-
boards for the accommodation of a large quantity of china and linen. The fireplace is
of pressed brick. The kitchen cabinet is especially complete, having doors and drawers
below the counter shelf. and above, two cupboards at each end built to the ceiling.
The large screened porch is one of the best features.

Cost, $17/5 to $1900. Plans and Specifications, $12.50. Material List, $5.00.

For cost data and alterations see pages 54 and 55

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No. R-646.

An extremely popular style of building in all parts of the West. It makes a very
pleasing, inviting home in every respect. The outside walls are shingled. The white
frieze extending around the building forms the head casings for the windows.

The plan is a very simple arrangement for a small family. To make a six room
house of this it would only be necessary to extend the rear walls of the house, mak-
ing the screen porch the extra bed room and building the screen porch immediately
in the rear of the kitchen. On request we furnish details for a columned arch to be
built between the living room and dining room instead of the double sliding doors.

Cost, $155010 $1625. Plans and Specifications, $12.50. Material List, $5.00.

Get what you pay for. See page 56.

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No. R-647.

Bungalows of this character are very numerous throughout the West and South.
The simple exterior details show that the house, though far removed from the com-
monplace. can be very inexpensively built. The outside is common painted or stained
siding with pure white trimmings. The watertable extends around the house at the
window sills and the frieze forms the head casings. The porch gable is plaster laid off
in panels with wood strips.

The living room and the dining room both have beamed ceilings and paneled wain-
scoting. The bufi’et is about five feet wide with an open counter shelf recess. Above
this are glass doors cut up in square lights with wood muntins, while below the shelf
are doors and drawers. This style of building is appropriate where the more extreme
type of bungalows are not so well liked.

Cost, $160010 $1750. Plans and Specifications, $/2.50. iMaicrial List, $5.00.

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No. R-648.

This is a beautiful home on unusually simple lines, and for that reason very inex—
pensive in construction. The clinker brick of the front and also in the columns, gives
this house its most pleasing appearance. The walls are shingles which are stained
beautifully to match the coloring of the brick.

The plan affords a great deal of room for the ground space covered. The recessed
porch has a concrete floor. The den can be made into a large bed room by doing away
with the entrance hall and having the front door in the side of the living room. The
arch between the dining room and the living room is designed for service as well as for
looks, the buttresses containing adjustable shelves. The top of the book case carries
heavy square pillars which support the arch between the rooms.

Cost, 59/800 to $2000. Plans and Specifications, $12.50. Material List, $5.00.

Get what you pay for. See page 56.

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No. R-649.

This is one of our most delightfully simple Bungalows in an attractive setting. A
broad porch is enclosed with a cobblestone wall. The exterior finish is plain.
louvre ventilators look well and serve to ventilate the attic space.

This is one of the best five room plans ever devised. Every room is of fairly com-
fortable dimensions and privacy of bedrooms is observed. The built-in cabinet work
which so much simplifies housekeeping, includes book cases, bufiet, medicine case, linen
cabinet, kitchen cupboards and cold air closet.

This house shows the growing tendency to more and larger windows, admitting
more light and air for the better health of the family. A concrete cellar 13 feet square
is reached by means of an outside concrete stairway.

Cost, 55/750 to $1875. Plans and Specifications, $12.50. Material List, $5.00.

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No. R-650.

A substantial-looking house. and artistic in every detail. Hundreds of this
style of bungalow are built in Los Angeles with endless variations in details and
plans. the general lines of the houses remaining the same. The stone veneer
extends across the front only. the rest of the house being wide, rough vertical
boards and battens to the window sills and shingles above. All exterior wood
work is stained.

The bungalow is conveniently planned. The living room might be made
smaller. and a den or music room nine feet wide taken of? the end. The living
room and dining room walls are paneled with upright wide boards and battens to a
height of four and one-half feet. This house will be a continual delight to a lover
of a good home.

Cost, $2300 to $2500. Plans and Specifications, $12.50. .l/aterial Lisl, $5.00.

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No. R-651.

Every line of this house indicates a perfect Bungalow. The porch roof is an ex-
tension of the roof of the house, and the entrance part is covered with a gable. The
exposed ends of the rafters are cut in the same style as the verge boards of the porch.
The columns are solid timbers resting on a wide cement coping The cobblestones are
of varying sizes and are very artistically put into the wall. The floor of the porch is
concrete.

The plan of the house answers all requirements of the average small family. There
is a cellar entrance from the screen porch, but as many Californians do not care for
cellars, the space thus used in the plans can be made into a closet or used to increase
the size of the porch. Both dining room and living room have the usual box ceiling
beams and vertical paneled wainscoting.

Cost, $16-15 to $1900. Plans and Specifications, $12.50. Material List, $5.00.

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No. R—652.

In a trip through Southern California, the traveller is amazed at the wonderful
variety of styles in Bungalows. They run all the way from attractive houses like this
one built on simple lines, up to many extremes impractical for any severe climate and
of questionable taste anywhere. This is a design that will give universal satisfaction.
The exterior is smooth siding painted gray and it has pure white trimmings. Variations
in exterior form and color account in part for the extreme popularity of the genuine
California Bungalow.

The plan is an ideal arrangement of six rooms in which every foot of space gives
the builder fullest value for his investment. There is a full width concrete basement
back of the dining room. This and the kitchen porch are reached via the same grade
level door, the most desirable arrangement, as the porch is expected to be built sub-
stantially like any other room, only showing high glazed and screened openings all
around.

Cost, $2200 to $2600. Plans and Specifications, $15.00. Material List, $5.00.

Get what you pay for. See page 56.

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with a side porch, at little extra cost, that will be in architectural harmony with the ‘ EOSCj l
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complete privacy, using a screen. I I

With such a big porch the necessity of an entrance hall—so often spoiling the at ,#
plan of many otherwise good homes—is avoided. In winter, the whole can be glassed ";~—————
in for a northern climate and used for a sun porch, a practice which is not uncom-
mon even in California. The side porch makes it easy to have a separate entrance
to the dining room, which 15 a valuable feature. too.. . Divide the cost O£ plans by the

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house. There is an inside stairway to a two-thirds basement. This is combined with year 5 you W111 INC 111
stairs to the attic (nearly eight feet high) to economize both space and cost.

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COST DATA ON WHICH THE FORE-
GOING ESTIMATES ARE BASED

There is a difference in the cost of labor,
materials and contractors' profits in the East
and XVest, North and South. There is a dif-
ference in the, same state and in the same
county. It makes a big difference if you want
a full siZe basement, tiled bath and kitchen,
luxurious plumbing, all hardwood floors.
hardwood trim, etc., etc., or whether you will
be satisfied with a half size basement (thor—
oughly warming the floors and large enough
for ordinary requirements), white enameled
plaster bathroom and kitchen, good quality
plain plumbing. oak floors in only the two or
three principal rooms, beautifully figured and
stained soft wood trim. etc., etc.

Our cost figures include excavations, solid
brick or concrete walls under the entire house
(including porches), concrete cellar fioors,
carpenter work, plastering, plumbing (includ-

ing fixtures), painting (outside two coats,
inside enamel work five coats, stained and

varnished work three coats), electric wiring
and all hardware. The cost figures do not
include a heating plant or electrical fixtures,
as both items are usually separate contracts
and there is a wide range in cost. Building
permits, water and sewer connections, side-
walks or anything outside the house proper
are not considered here.

The, basic costs for our plans are:

Common labor, .150; masons. $5.00; car-
penters, $3.50; plumbers, $4.50; cement, $2.60
per bbl.; sand and gravel. $2.00 to $2.25 per
11/2 yd. load; dimension lumber, $21.00: all
finish, $50.00; pine flooring, $38.00: oak floor—
ing, $65.00; beveled siding, $21.00; %-inch
rustic siding, $38.00; lath and plaster. 25
cents per square yard. ()ther costs in pro-
portion.

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building. \\'ages and efficiency vary a good
deal in different states. while each commun-
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HOW TO GET TRUE COST ESTI-
MATES ON THESE HOUSES

’l‘hcre are many differences of opinion re—
garding the accuracy of the cost estimates
on our plans. “'e believe them a safe aver-
age of the whole country, but sinCe condi-
tions are never the same, We advise prospec—
tive builders to submit the working plans to
local contractors. To make this easy. we
offer to exchange plans or refund the price,
it' bids are not satisfactory.

(‘rmtractors‘ estimates or bids include ma—
terials, labor and profit. Now in making a
preliminary estimate. contractors can not
afford to spend much time in figuring ma—
terials. To get all estimates down to safe and
close figures, you should have all contractors
figure the same material list as well as the
same plans.

Don't expect your contractors to give an
accurate estimate from the limited informa—
tion in the proceeding pages. There are a
thousand-and—one things in the plans and
specifications that they know nothing about.
To be safe. or to make it easy to reduce later
bids, or to substitute their own plans, they
are likely to figure too high in estimating
from the floor plans and pictures in this
book.

StillWell homes are planned for the least
expensive methods of construction consistent
with substantial and pleasing results. Size
for size. they can be built as cheaply as any
houses in the world. The cost estimates are
relatively correct. The mere fact that they
are higher than some other publishers‘ who
quote low estimates to sell cheap plans should
inlluenCe your selection of Stillwell plans.
As a. guarantee of good faith in this matter
of cost and to prove to you that our plans are
superior to others. we will exchange plans or
retund your money if you cannot use them.
Send for the plans. specifications and material
lists and get definite bids from your local
builders.

E; W. Stillwell 64:? Con Los iéngeilos; 9'31.

OUR FAIR PROPOSITION TO YOU

Having furnished plans for several thou—
sands of homes throughout America, we be—
lieve we are as familiar with building condi—
tions and costs in the different states as any
architects. The universal experience of archi—
tects is that contractors‘ bids are likely to
vary as much as twenty per cent and this
variation is not confined to any locality—it
is common to all.

\\'e can and are glad to give you an honest
opinion as to what the cost may reasonably
be expected to be if you will furnish definite
cost data. But after all. estimates must be
taken with some allowance, for it is impos—
sible to accurately predict how any contract—
ors‘ figures are going to total up.

E. \\'. Stillwell & Co. are neither prophets
or promoters and we do not for a temporary
profit list excessiVely low' estimates to sell
our plans. The best evidence of our faith in
our plans is the protection that we offer you
in the purchase of them.

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We guarantee plans* satisfactory as
regards draftsrnanship, specifications and
the cost of building from them. If for
any reason they are not satisfactory.
the purchaser may, within ten (10) days
of receipt, send them back unused and
we will

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(2) Refund the entire purchase price.

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CHANGES IN PLANS

I “'e blue print plans reversed without extra

charge. Minor changes that do not alter
construction readily can be arranged with
the builder: To avoid any possibility of mis-
understanding, see that such changes are all
noted in the contract. on the blue prints or in
the specifications.

\"e are glad to freely advise purchasers as
to the practicability of proposed changes and
to make suggestions. but we cannot do much
extra. work except for an extracfee and we
can not alter original plans in any way. since,
that would render them valueless for fur—
ther duplication as advertised.

All plans are first made with pencil lines
On paper. Then they are inked on a trans-
parent fabric forming a negative. From these
transparent negativvs blue prints are made
in much the same way that photographers
make duplicate prints from films or plates.

Your photographer will charge you quite a
high price for taking a picture. developing.
retouching and making only one print. You
can buy the rest of the dozen about as cheap
as the first one because the process of dupli-
cation is inexpensive. once the original is
made. In precisely the same manner. our
duplicating from original drawings by the
blue print process enables us to sell copies
of ready-made published plans for much less
than their first cost. “'e give you the benefit
of quantity production at bargain prices. Any
good architect would charge several times
our prices to make such complete plans.

But changes require the services of com-
petent draftsmen and as changed plans are
not likely to be offered for profitable re-sale.
we expect extra pay to cover the cost of the
extra service. And that is always reasonable.
“V will not charge you for extra work unless
the same is authorized.

SPECIAL INFORMATION

On account of our many years of experi-
ence, we can make satisfactory plans to meet
individual requirements by correspondence
and without personal interviews. Sketches
seldom need to be submitted more than once
and we draw up special plans as quickly as is
consistent with best draftsmanship. Remem—
ber that we are only three or four days by
mail from Chicago and you can depend upon
very prompt service, no matter where you
are.

In writing to us about the cost to build
according to your own ideas, do not fail to
give us definite cost data similar to that on
page 54. Enclose all drawings or cuts that
may help to explain your ideas and do not

hesitate to write copiously. That always
simplifies matters wonderfully. Advice by
letter is freely given. \Ve always try to

answer correspondents in an understandable
way that makes it quick and easy and profit—
able to take advantage of the Stillwell plan
service.

In this connection, however, it is our ex-
perience that it frequently requires at least
a pencil plan to explain some things most
fully. and in a way that is of most value to
the correspondent. Very often some seein—
ingly simple changes make advisable a ma—
terial alteration of an entire plan.

Naturally. the individual correspondent
does not stop to think that. while a single
letter and a plan sketch may not take much
time, an aggregate of hundreds of letters
carefully answered means weeks of hard
work. \\'e are willing to give ordinary advice
freely even though the prospective order is
small. But a special letter service with a
sketch costs money and the prospective
builder who pays us a modest fee frankly
asked is likely to Share better than the man
who is seeking to obtain everything free—
including unlimited advice and who acts
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SKETCH OFFER

If you want to know just how your ideas
will work out practically, or if you want us to
submit original ideas on approval, we are
glad to send tentative pencil plans. If you
think it is worth while for us to study your
building problem to the extent of preparing
a sketch, we propose that you and we share
equally this expense according to the follow-
ing schedule:

(1) Floor plans only, 25 cents for each prin-
cipal room.

(2) Floor plans with elevations, One Dol-
lar for each principal room.

On our part, we agree to make alterations
and resubmit sketches without further ex-
pense until they meet your approval. “'6
will attach to the drawings a bona fide quo-
tation-contract signed by Mr. Stillwell, at
which we will contract to make complete
general and detailed working plans as listed
therein. \Ve agree that money paid for
sketches will be credited on this quotation
if you decide to accept it.

\Vhether you decide to have plans com-
pleted or not, we assure you that preliminary
plans made under this offer will be well
worth the money. This is the first necessary
step in getting plans made to order.

COST OF SPECIAL PLANS

The probable extent of the work required
to make the plans right fixes the quotation.
For simple alteration sheets to accompany
the regular stock plans. the charge is small.
For complete revision of plans or for entirely
new plans, the charge may be double the list
prices.

\Ve will not start work until authorized.
If you are in a rush and willing to have plans
started without a quotation, send the price
of similar book plans and we will deliver
the plans C‘. O. D. the balance, which will be
reasonable.

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DO YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR?

It pays to build a complete, finished look—
ing home, one you can sell at a profit in case
circumstances make it necessary to dispose
of it or when you are later able to afford a
larger one.

Building a home Should not be so much a
question of cost as of homelike qualities—
conveniences, comfort and beauty. It pays
to get what you want even at a temporary
sacrifice. Enduring satisfaction should make
cost rather a secondary consideration, for the
home vitally influences life and character
long after cost is forgotten.

Build as large as you can, but remember
that beauty is not a matter of size or space.
You can get as much comfort out of a small
convenient home equipped to save steps and
work, as you can out of a big one. There—
in lies the appeal of the genuine Cali-
fornia Bungalow. in a, small but artistic
Bungalow with grounds suitably planted and
neatly kept, you can have that happy pros-
perous look that means so much in a social
and business way.

Now, you may approve of all these ideas,
but if you want them incorporated in your
own home, you’ve got to act. You’ve. got. to
study plans and planning, for the average
contractor will work along in the old fash-
ioned way of least resistance and let you
accept anything in the way of so—called plans,
just so he gets the contract. You want to
look ahead to ultimate results.

Reputable contractors will not intentionally
deceive a, prospect, but they often mistakenly
furnish inferior plans. Somehow good in-
tentions never compensate for bad results.
If you build an unattractive, improperly
planned house, you diminish not only the
value of your own real estate and improve-
ments. but neighboring properties as well. If
you build a beautiful well-planned house, you
increase the cash value or your own and
neighboring property. Building a, home is a
financial transaction of first importance.

That being the case, it is absolutely neces-

Plans blue-printed reversed without extra charge.

sary to get a right start. The only possible
right start is to secure thoroughly developed
plans, for plans form the basis and foundation
of contracts. We believe in the contract
method of building, provided both parties
know all the conditions in advance. The
danger lies in misunderstandings. Most men
are pretty fair judges of what they like and
don't like in finished houses, but have no real
idea of construction methods, and are quite
apt to regard architect’s plans as an extra
expense rather than as an investment. Go-
ing through their first building experience,
they get into trouble or pay excessively for
“extras” by depending too much on builders’
promises and especially on their own expecta—
tion of what the builder ought to do.

People are woefully ignorant regarding
architect’s plans and contractors often are
too. There is a vast difference, not: only in
the quality of d‘aftsmanship, but in the
number of drawings furnished. We not only
advertise “complete“ plans but really make
the most “complete” genuine Bungalow plans.

Take No. R—630 for example:

Blueprints show about fifty large and small
drawings, all of which are absolutely neces-
sary for best results. l<‘ull foundation plan,
floor plan, roof plan and four side views,
porch details, foundation and framing sec-
tions, window frames, all interior trim, arch
details, seat details, buffet details, kitchen
cupboard, linen cupboard, medicine case, etc.

Specifications consist of over 12,000 words
and specify about. 100 different points of
construction separately in detail.

The Material List itemizes the various
kinds and grades of lumber separately and
states where each shall be used. All interior
cabinet trim, as for kitchen cupboard and
buffet, is minutely and individually described
so it can be picked out of local stock for
economy. Only the cupboard doors need to
be made by the mill. Sash and regular doors
are not listed as these are always taken
from the blue prints by the mill or local
dealer.

E. W. Stillwell 53 Co., Los Angelcs, Cal.

SUBSTANTIAL CONSTRUCTION OF
STILLWELL BUNGALOWS

The mere fact that these plans originate in
(‘alifornia does not make them less practical
for building in other states. All of us came
from “back East” and we have prepared these
plans with the special purpose of making
them adaptable to any cold climate. Timbers
sizes specified as are universally used in
building construction. Only the method of
construction is different.

HOW TO ORDER

Send draft, money order or certified check
and we will mail plans at once, prepaid.

If not paid for in advance. plans are sent
by express C. 0. D.. with the privilege of
opening and full examination.

\Ve also send plans to any bank. which
gives the opportunity for more thorough
examinatimi and estimating of the cost.

“’e do ll')t consign plans to individuals or
firms as we carry no ledger accounts. These
terms are general and are not merely a mat—
ter of financial responsibility of the purchas-
er. The narrow margin on which plans are
sold makes it necessary to save time and
eliminate the inconvenience and expense in—
cident to looking up references.

Advertised plans are sent by return mail.

Mail goes to (‘hicago in 3 days. so corres-
pondents in central territory will receive
their plans within one week from date of

order. Telegraph orders promptly filled.

NO DISCOUNTS OR COMMISSIONS

It costs us just as much to make a dozen
plans at one time as to make them separ—
ately. Each set of plans represents a personal
service. Our prices are as low as is consistent
with good results, and we can quote them
only because we so manage our work as to
keep us busy all the time.

COULD NOT SAY ANY MORE

The plans for Bungalow which I secured from you
have been finished. I can't tell you how pleased I
am. People from miles around have been there to
see it. The house is simply beautiful. I can’t say
enough in praise of it. It is situated five miles from
Trenton, at Hamilton Square, on a fifty acre farm.
I can only speak In the highest terms of your plans.

68 Hamilton Square, N. J. F. R. SAYEN.

BEAUTIFUL. AND A WORK SAVER

We are very much pleased with our Bungalow.
We have heard people take a long breath when they
first saw it. This is more expressive than language.

This Bungalow is a beauty. One must really see
it to enter into and fully enjoy its many points of
excellence. There is no comparison with old-style
cottages; as a work-saver the women like It. My
wife and I like it better than anything we have yet
seen, cost what it may. Almost every one declares
that it must have cost Ten Thousand Dollars to
build. We could not be better suited. Everyone
accknowledges that it is the show place of Crescent

y.
Crescent City, Florida. F. L. BILLS.

BUNGALOWS DEPOPULATE FLATS AND
APARTMENTS

John Ericson Heyke, New Haven, Conn.,
ously a flat dweller, says of his Bungalow:

Friends remark it is a “perfect beauty.”

A Bungalow is a Home—a fiat isn’t.

It is the Keystone of my happiness—and my hap-
piness has nothing to do with dollars and cents. My
most important business in this world is to make good
men and women out of my children. Without my
little house I could not do it; therefore, it is the
most valuable thing on earth for me.

previ-

PERMANENTLY SATISFIED
H. A. Fairbank, Sacramento, Cal.,
home:

W’e erected the building as per your plans and
have been enjoying it for the past two years. We
think we have a very comfortable home, and if we
were to build again would follow quite closely the
plan as made by you. We certainly are well pleased
with the plans you made for us.

says of his

 

 

A visitor who had an exalted opinion
of his golf ability was extended the
courtesy of the club, and the first day
he went over the beautiful course in

the Highlands, accompanied by a
bright caddy. He had succeeded in
burying his ball in every bunker, gully
and burn on or near the links, when he
turned to the caddy and said: “Really,
this is the most difficult course I have
ever played on."

“How do you know?” asked the caddy
gravely. “You haven’t played on it
yet."

Architects, builders and others, on
account of personal prejudice, or in
their own ignorance as to What Bunga-
lows really are, may reiterate that
these are not practical homes outside
of California; the fact remains that
Stillwell Bungalows are proving the
most successful homes in this whole
country.

The adaptability of the California
Bungalow style for any climate is the
secret of its wonderful popularity
where builders have faithfully inter-
preted our plans.

 

EXCEEDINGLY WELL PLEASED

We have been in our new home for a little over a.
year and are exceedingly well pleased with the plans
you sent us from which the house was built. We
had studied hundreds of sets of plans during the last
five years and found serious objections in all of them
and were very glad indeed to get the plans from
you that we finally used in building our home. There
are very few changes that we would make, should
we build again, and this condition you know is very
unusual. Our home has been very much admired and
I have referred a number of people to you who were
contemplating building homes.

Mason City, Iowa. HUGH H, SHEPARD.

EIGHT HOUSES COMMAND READY SALE

In reply to yours of recent date, asking how I
like your plans, drawings, etc., would state that I have
built eight houses during the past year as per your
plans and specifications, and everybody pronounced
them the nicest for the price that were ever built in
Waco, and I have found ready sale for them.

Waco, Texas. G. H. LUEDDE.
LET THE WOMEN DECIDE

I have built my house and lived in it a little over
a year now, and am very much satisfied with it. The
outside appearance of it is very fine and shows the
Bungalow style. The inside is very convenient, roomy
and plenty of light. My wife’s callers and friends
always want to look through the house and say it
is the finest and most convenient house or bungalow
in the city. Some even say it is better than those
that cost twice as much.

The contractor that built it says if he was to
build a house for himself he would build one just
like it, and he was very much pleased with the plans.
I could not have gotten the plans from the local man
for three times the price I paid.

Payette, Idaho. CARL JACOBSON.

SENSATION IN A CITY OF BEAUTIFUL
HOMES

Wm. B. Winter, Augusta, Ga., says of his Bun-

galow:

Absolutely pleased with the appearance.

Talk of the city at large. Will venture to say it is
the most talked of house in town.

Results of using your plans were better for reason
that local architects don’t understand this particular
form of house. The builder said the plans were as fine
as he ever saw.

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A PERSONAL TALK ABOUT THE STILLWELL SERVICE

N offering prospective builders the benefits of a new

way and a better way to approach that most im-

portant business, home building, I find we are

confronted with a perfectly natural inclination to

question the truth of our claims, and the more so
because your acquaintance with our work is made largely
through the medium of Uncle Sam’s mail. In this brief ac-
count I shall try to show you why and how we do as we do,
as well as to give sound reasons why we can help you as no
one else can.

This business was begun in 1906 and taken over under
the present name in 1907. Thousands of houses have been
built from our plans since that time, the majority of which
were secured through our correspondence system. We have
studied the building question from the standpoint of the needs
of our clients not only in every part of the United States,
but in foreign countries as well.

Our business is still small enough that I can give per-
sonal direction to most of the inquiries which come in, as
well as supervise the special work in the drafting department.
When you deal with us, I want you to feel that you are dealing
with someone who will treat your problems as an individual
responsibility.

I believe that we know the real needs of the home-builder
in almost every locality. I have been a resident of South
Dakota twenty—five years, and know what extremes of heat
and cold are, wind, sun, snow and rain. Every person em-
ployed here has had similar experience. We know the neces-
sities of your climate, and that the plans we offer are adapt-
able to your needs no matter Where you live.

Read very carefully all of the printed pages in this book.

I have personally supervised the preparation of our three
books. They have been compiled right here in our own oflice.
I do not think any statement is exaggerated. They are not
the exuberant claims of a paid advertising agent, written to
get your money.

The testimonials selected are more enthusiastic than our
own claims. Complaints or requests for extra special infor-

mation are almost unbelievably rare. Nearly everyone gets
more than he expects. I am confident you will be equally
well pleased.

Los Angeles is literally the melting-pot of the nation,
people coming here from every state and country. Many
come for the sole purpose of making a home. These homes
cover an amazing range of style and cost, to suit almost any
taste. Home-planning and home—building are fine arts. It is
well within the truth to say that in this respect this city is
fully twenty-five years ahead of any other. Our reason fox
mentioning this is to show you that we have first-hand oppor
tunities to observe and keep ahead with the latest ideas
selecting the best, by which you will profit. Southern Cali
fornia homes are models for all the world. You can put a
little California in your home and always be glad of it.

In the preparation of this open letter, I appreciate what
is your probable state of mind. You have not decided what
style to build; whether to let a contract or not; whether to
have a one or a'two-story house. You have a number of
books from which to select plans, and perhaps nothing ex-
actly suits you. It is a question whether to get ready-made
plans, special plans of a distant architect, or to have plans
made locally. These problems confront everyone who builds,
and sometimes it becomes a question of “to build, or not to
build.”

Make a selection to suit yourself. If this isn’t possible,
let us prepare floor plans after your own ideas, and we will
design an exterior of which you will be proud.

Remember that Stillwell plans are guaranteed to be sat-
isfactory, as represented, or your money back. We shall be
glad to send plans so that you can inspect them, compare
them with any others, or have them figured by your con-
tractor. You be the judge, and if you don’t want to keep
them, they won’t cost you a cent.

Why not take advantage of this proposition?

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STILLWELL PLAN BOOKS

HE development of The Small House Beautiful receives our special attention altho we are
equally successful on large residence work. Our publications feature this particullar idea be-
cause the great majority of people need just such homes.

If you are interested in homes, you need all these books. You may not be ready to select any
plan definitely, but you are certain to get ideas which will be worth many times the cost when you
build. 2
Contractors, real estate agents, subdividers and developers find the books of value in increasing
the interest of prospects in new homes. The building of. better homes ought to be encouraged as a
worthy thing in itself and because beautiful homes in any section increase values and attract the
most desirable class of purchasers.

 

 

“REPRESENTATIVE CALIFORNIA HOMES” ............................ Price 50 Cents
SPECIAL . 2eleven-rooms, 2 ten-rooms, 2 nine-rooms, 8 eight-rooms, 9 seven-rooms, 20 six—
. ii?” fdth7 five-mfg d tti tw t h t ha t l
p 1 0 ese are cry-an -a c; or 0-3 0 omes; e11 ve cemen p as-
OFF E R - ter l.et‘21teri01's.- 17
Range in cost from $1600 to $6000. ' _
‘ ' “WEST COAST BUNGALOWS” - Price 50 Cents
All 3 Books . 2 seven-rooms, 12 six-rooms, 28 five-rooms, 9 four-rooms. _
‘ . Mastly one-story, cost $500 to $2200.. _
. “LITTLE BUNGALOWS’?’ , ' ‘ Price 25 Cents
for $1 (WWW!) - 3 six—rooms, 12 five-rooms, 8 four-rooms. and 8 three-rooms.

 

 

Mostly one story, costing from $300 to $1600..
Each book is well illustrated with pictures and floOr plans. No two alike.
_ If you do not find 1n these anything to exactly suit your requirements we will prepare special
plans aCcording to your own ideas.
Send your personal check if you wish.

E. w. STILLWELL a co ' ’ 410 141...... Building, Lo. Angel... Cal.

 

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