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Architect and engineer (1905)

San Francisco : Architect and Engineer, Inc · leaf 282

An illustration from Architect and engineer, 1905, leaf 282
in turning anawkward entrance problem into an attractive anddifferent situation. A brick retaining wall divides upper and lowerlawn levels, forms a natural break for the terrain asit leads up to the story-and-a-half high entrance area.Here again cedar siding and glass have been marriedwith skill… … gives height and dimension to conform to the verticallines of the structure and avoids that out-of-charactersituation which a conventional entrance would havecreated. While most of the siding is rough tongue-and-groove installed vertically, the section around the Story and a half entrance becomes a…

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