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HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1960
THE HOUSE OF THE WEEK
Part Ranch, Part Split - and All Glamor
y DAVID L. BOWEN
Here's a house full of surprises
1 looks like ranch from the out
tide, but it's not. It has some of
the qualities of a split level, yet
it's not split in the ordinary way
It defies standard definition
while presenting an uncommon
amount of glamor in a charming
entrance foyer, a dramatically
dropped living room and a spec
tacular dining dais.
Even more appealing is the con
struction cost. The house has 1,188
square feet of living area on the
upper floors with only a single
finished room on the lower level.
Under many 7oning ordinances, it
will fit on a 50-foot lot.
Within this severe space limi
tation Architect Lester Cohen has
concentrated the ingredients of
modern living and succeeded in
treating an especially luxurious
formal entertainment area.
Major feat of design magic is
the unusual dining dais, a penin
sula some 11 feet square bounded
on three sides by wrought iron
railing and overlooking the
Iropped living room which is on a
level four feet lower.
The foyer is on a level all its
own, exactly halfway between the
living room and the dining space,
with angled steps leading up and
down.
There are three bedrooms ar
ranged along the rear of the
house. The kitchen has a dinette
area. There's a large recreation
loom overlooking a terrace at the
rear of the lower level, plus a
front, and excellent unbro-utility
room with laundry and lavatory,
and a one-car garage. Plans call
for one full bath and two half
baths one in the master bed
room and the other in the utility
room.
X-98 is almost a perfect square,
with a width of 33 feet and a
ECONOMY SIZED: This three-bedroom home makes full
and dramatic use of all available space. The habitable area
of the upper levels is only 1,188 square feet. In many areas,
home could be built on a 50-foot lot.
depth of 36 feet.
Additional Details
The living room features a large
front window, a continuous ceiling
over living room and dining area
with a cathedral effect - at the
kitchen wall space. In addition to
the dining dais, part of the bed
room hall also overlooks the liv
ing room, increasing the drama
tic effect.
The three bedrooms are on the
same level as the dining dais
Were it not for the dropped living
room, the home would qualify as a
ranch. The difference between this
house and an ordinary split is the
fact that only the living room is
on the middle level, instead of
living room, dining room and
kitchen.
Good Ventilation
Bedrooms are at the back of the
house and each has two windows
with two exposures in the corner
rooms. The master bedroom is
square and has its own lavatory
A full bathroom serves the rest of
the rooms and its location makes
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fic on the balcony after the chil
dren have gone to their room.
Main bath has an alcove tub and
a trim vanitory.
The kitchen is at the front, with
two exposures. One of its unusual
features is a dumbwaiter which
can be used to send garbage down
to the garage level for conven
ient disposal. Two front windows
brighten the dinette area. Work
counters are in a U-shape, a prov
en step saver.
Four big closets serve the bed
rooms. There's a coat closet in the
foyer and a storage alcove in the
garage for outdoor gear and play
items.
A big, almost square recreation
room is the only finished room on
the lower level. It has a wall of
windows And a door that opens
out to a terrace.
Exterior materials are brick and
single, with an asphalt shingle
roof.
X-98 Statistics
This home has three bed
rooms, with one full bath and
two half-baths. It's a "com
promised" split level, with the
living room alone occupying
the middle of three levels.
Living area of the upper
levels is 1,188 square feet, with
an additional 296 on the lower
level. Width is only 33 feet,
which in many areas would per
mit construction on a lot with
50-foot frontage. Depth of the
house is 36 feet.
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I UTILITY 171 I MASTER BEDROOM 2 BEDROOM 3 1
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FLOOR PLAN: Unusual foyer arrangement, dining dais and living room dropped four feet
below main living level provide dramatic distinction. On lower level, recreation room i$
the only finished space.
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DRAMATIC DINING DAIS: Artist" view looks across dining area fo dropped living room.
Entrance foyer i oti left and stairway to recreation room at the right. Pert of bedroom
balcony also is visible.