THE residence of Mrs. Minnie Bell, 9939 S. Robey Street, combines in an attractive manner the modified lines of the English cottage with the interior arrangement of the California bungalow. The floor plan, designed by the owner, uses every bit of available space and is beautifully convenient.
The entrance, on the west and north corner, faces Robey Street and gives through a heavy arched door to a fair sized reception hall. Leading from the hall is a door to the east, which admits to the guest room and an arch to the south to the living room.
The living room is quite large, 16 by 21 feet, and the walls here, as in the hall, are done in buff colored sponge plaster. The wood trim throughout, with the exception of the kitchen, is oak, given a silver grey acid finish. The ceiling of the living room is arched. One of the prominent features is the large fireplace of stone in the south wall, on both sides of which are found casement windows. At the front are found three tall casement windows of the French door type. The electrical fixtures are the wall candle bracket type, polychromed in colors to harmonize with the walls and wood trim. The floors are oak, satin finished, no varnish being used.
Opening from the living room in the east wall is an arch which leads to a long interior hallway. This hall gives access to the remaining rooms—the guest room, dining room, kitchen and breakfast alcove on the north side, and to two bedrooms and the bath on the south. All of these rooms are unusually commodious and each has a large closet. The hall opens to the basement stairway, and above all the rooms is a large attic, gained by means of a disappearing staircase over the basement steps.
An oil heating plant is used in this residence and the basement is well finished and equipped for storage and laundry uses. At the rear, at the end of the drive on the north side, there is a two-car garage constructed of material similar to that used in the house.
For the exterior a rough surfaced, deep red brick is used with shingles to match for the roof. The wood trim is cream, and at the windows and doors grey stone is used. The three windows at the front form a wide arch at the top, with wide shutters at the sides.
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