THE residence of Dr. William B. Campbell, 9620 Longwood Drive, is an attractive addition to the community and presents to the prospective homebuilder some interesting ideas for the use of the small lot.
The house, facing squarely upon the street, as it does, overcomes the effect of being crowded by the design of the entrance and the simple lines. The interior is charmingly arranged, and practical, too, with an office room at the center rear part, directly connected with the front entrance by a large hall.
There are four rooms on the first floor, and three above, with a sleeping porch. The entrance, placed in the center, opens to a large reception hall, containing a Colonial staircase. The hall, extending east and west, opens to a smaller corridor on the west through an arch. Another arch, to the south, admits to the living room. This room, 13×27, contains a natural fireplace in the west wall. The south wall, broken by three pair of double door windows, tall, and of the casement type, guarded on the outside by curved iron balcony railings. The lights are done in silver and are the wall type. The wood trim is ivory and brown mahogany. The walls are done in plaster finish, with buff for the color. On the east three more windows give a view of the drive and of Ridge Park.
A door at the rear of this room opens to a lateral rear hall, from which the office, a lavatory and the breakfast nook can be gained. The breakfast room is found between the dining room and kitchen, the latter occupying the northwest corner, and is set off with arches. Cream and indigo are the colors here. The kitchen is admirably equipped with cabinets and opens to a rear porch.
The dining room occupies the north side of the front, and is paneled. French doors separate it from the reception hall.
The upper floor contains a large bedroom on the south, another on the northeast, a nursery on the northwest, and a bath at the center of the rear portion. The sleeping porch is across the west side. Large storage rooms are a feature.
Hot water heating is used in this home. Red faced brick, of a deep tone, is used for the exterior construction, and the attractive entrance is of colonial design, with four pillars and an old type lamp under the arch.
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