THE residence of J. C. Gooch, 9300 Throop Street, is one of the more attractive bungalows that is being erected in the fast growing Brainerd community. The house contains five rooms with a large attic over all. It is constructed of brown clinker brick with red brick trim, and has shrubbery and flower boxes full of blooms to enhance the appearance.
The house faces on Throop Street, towards the east, with the front wall broken so that the doorway faces north. This gives to the living room, on the southeast corner, in which the predominant tones are blue, cream and grey. A series of four French windows faces the front with two stained glass windows in the south wall on each side of a large red brick fireplace. The walls are done in tones of grey, the ceiling is cream color and blue rugs of heavy texture are used for the floor. The wood trim is walnut. The light fixtures in this room are all the wall type, polychromed and with Tiffany bulbs.
French doors open from the living room to the dining room, which is found on the northeast. Here the walls are decorated with tapestry panels and the wood trim is walnut. Four French windows on the north and three on the east provide ample exposure. The central chandelier is of silver.
Leading from the dining room are two doorways, one, a swinging door, opens to the kitchen on the northwest, the other, an open doorway, gives to an inner corridor, which, at this point, extends north and south, turning at right angles at the latter extremity to extend to the rear of the house. Two bedrooms are accessible from this corridor, one on the south side and another at the southwest corner. The bath is adjacent on the north side of the hallway.
The kitchen, on the northwest, is done in blue, buff and ivory with birch for the wall trim, in natural finish. It is well equipped and very light. Opening from it at the rear is a screened in porch.
A garage is found at the rear end of the lot, a corner site, and a hot water heating plant is used.
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