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THE HOUSE OF THE WEEK
Charmingly Southern, Efficiently Modern
Br DAVID L. BOWEH
Ttie South may liave lost the
Civil War, but its architecture
has won the test of tune.
Wlien you think of gracious hos
pitality and living in a comfort
ably grand manner, you may well
conjure up in mind's eye a pic
ture not too much different from
the artist's rendering of this
House of trie Week design.
Outside, B4G has a graceful en
trance portico with columns ris
ing 17 feet to Uie porch rool.
Inside, there's a sectacular spi
ral staircase coming up from wide
reception foyer to the broad hull
on tlie bedroom floor.
The home w as designed by Ar
chitect Lester Cohen, who sought
to capture the gracious and ex
pansive mood of Southern archi
tecture. One of Hie areas of special suc
cess is the tremendous stretch
SOUTHERN SUBURBAN: Here's an adaptation of tra
ditional Southern architecture to the demands of the
present. The home is luxuriously large in some rooms,
yet it's total living area is only 1,697 sq. ft., a modest
size for a two-story.
foyer to the right, the dining
room opens through a wide arch
Folding doors separate the
f.imilv roam from the dinine room
across the front of the house. As has a wide wimiow
uuusts fill uii the livinc room in; . .
at the front and immediately Do-
hind it a picture window over
looking the porch.
The kitchen is handy to both
formal dining room and the casu
al relaxation areas. There's pro
vision for everything a homemak
er would want for easy and effi
cient operation.
Glide uo the curving stairway
to the uper hall and you reach
the bedrooms. The master bed
room, with walk-in closet and
shower bathroom, lakes up the
left side of this level. The fam
ily bathroom is at the back of
the main hall convenient to the
children's bedrooms.
In addition to tlie garage and
basement for household storage
there are adequate closets
throughout tlie home. Especially
notable is the oversize linen clos
et next to tlie upstairs bath.
guests fill up the living room in
this home, they can spill out
across tlie foyer, across the dining
room and into tlie fjmily room
an unbroken distance of 52' k
feet from wall to wall.
Despite the luxurious size of
some rooms, this is no mansion.
Living area on the first floor is
982 square feet, with another 715
on tlie second bringing tlie total
to 1.B97.
The kitchen at the back has an
adjoining breakfast nook comfort
able for family meals and be
yond tlie lavatory at tlie service
entrance is a covered porch.
Over-all dimensions with a two
car attached garage are 74 feet
in width by 27'8" in depth.
Additional Details
Tlie living room extends the en
tire depth of the house, with true
through ventilation: windows at
the front and back. Across the
B-46 STATISTICS
There are seven rooms In
this two-story Southern tradi
tionol, with most rooms of
luxurious site. An Interior
feature is the grand staircase
spiraling upward from the
wide welcoming foyer.
There are three bedrooms
with 2Vi baths.
Habitable area on the first
floor is 982 so., ft., with 715
on the second floor. That's a
total of 1,697. Over-all di
mensions ore 74' in width by
27' 8" in depth.
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GLAMOROUS SPIRAL: Artist's conception of the grand staircase dominating the en
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FLOOR FLANS: Note the immense stretch of the entertainment area starting in the
living room and flowing across dining room throuqh folding doors into the long family
room. Upstairs there are three bedrooms and two baths.
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