Colored brick, white frame decorations and green shutters make an attractive color scheme for the small home, as is indicated in the new home pictured above. It is owned and occupied by D. P. Cosgrove and is located at 10319 S. Hamilton Ave.
The picture shows the bushes and hedges when they are green in summer, but as one enters the house, today, he is greeted by the welcome sight of a cheery and large open-grate fire in the fireplace at the far end of the large living room, which opens to the right of the small, square entry hall.
Plenty of windows, always the mark of the well-built Dutch Colonial house, whether large or small, afford an abundance of light throughout the house. Valances are used to good effect on the windows at the front and sides.
Stairs leading to the upstairs are visible in the hallway just off the living room. Also opening off this hallway is the dining room.
One of the most attractive features of the house is the large breakfast room, which lies between the dining room and the kitchen. This is more than the usual nook, being furnished with an attractive table and chairs, rather than the usual benches. The kitchen is not too large or too small for effectiveness and has plenty of pantry space. There is a lavatory on the first floor, opening off the kitchen. The basement is reached from the kitchen. It is divided into four parts.
Upstairs there are three large bedrooms and a bath. The house is heated by a hot water system and has hardwood floors throughout. Furnishings are in attractive period styles, in harmony with the period design of the house.
That the house is in every way modern is evidenced by the aerial which appears above the roof. Mr. Cosgrove’s small son is an ardent radio enthusiast, having built his own set and incorporated this bit of the twentieth century into the architecture of the seventeenth. Mr. Cosgrove is a broker, with offices in the Postal Telegraph Building.
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