AN attractive small brick house, thoroughly individual without being exorbitant in cost of construction, is the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Norton, at 9220 S. Robey Street. The material used is overburnt brick, which in combination with the dark green, slate-finish roof and green trim, produces a pleasing color effect.
Entrance is from an open cement porch into a hallway, through a door of matched boards with three narrow glass panes at the top. On the left the hall is separated from the living room only by a long wooden seat, on the other side of which is the low fireplace. A window to the left of the fireplace, provided with comfortable seat, and a bookcase built in the side wall, give the front of the living room a decidedly attractive effect. The tapestry tile hearth is extended across the whole front of the room, as is the paneled wood that starts with the fireside seat.
A continuous casement window of 8 sections, 18 feet in length, occupies most of the side wall of the living room. In order to secure one very large room in a comparatively small house, no separate dining room is provided, a large nook at the rear of the living room taking its place. Two doors lead from this nook to the large rear porch, and a swinging door in the side wall leads to the kitchen, which is very conveniently arranged, shelves and cupboards built in the wall removing any necessity for a separate pantry.
In the right wall of the front hall are two two-panel folding doors, one of which opens into a small den in the front of the house and the other into a side hallway, containing linen and coat closets, and giving access to two bedrooms and bath, stair to the second floor, and kitchen. The second floor is unfinished, but plenty of space is provided for two additional bedrooms and bath.
A rear entrance hall off the kitchen allows space for the icebox and basement stairs. The basement is open and provides abundance of space for laundry, furnace and storage rooms.
Woodwork of the house is red gum, in rubbed finish, and all windows of the first floor are casement type, opening inward, with small-pane, leaded glass.
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