Evening star., 1926-03-27
SMALLEST OF DETACHED MODEL
HOUSES TO HAVE CENTRAL HALL
Colonial Designed Home at Thirteenth Street and
Alaska Avenue to Afford Exceptional Vista of Gar
den and Street Through Peculiar Shape of Lot.

The detached house is the oldest type
of residence, and has maintained it's
popularity down through the ages.
Modern construction, costs, etc, have
brought about many other types, but
1t seems to be the ambition of every
person one day to be able to own a
detached house with grounds.
The house designed by Victor Minde-
left and to be constructed by l.. Z.
Breuninger & Sons on their site at the
intersection of Thirteenth street,
Alaska avenue and Hemlock street, is
the smallest of the three detached
houses to be erected for the model
homes demonstration being sponsored
by The Star.
The residence will consist of six spa
cious rooms, a breakfast room, dress
ing rooms and two baths. A great
deal of attention has been given to
closet space in all the rooms and
throughout the house. The architec-
tural design Is Colonial center hall
plan with an artistically blended ex-
terror of brick and stucco. A break
fast alcove, with a built-in breakfast
set just off the kitchen, is also a fea-
ture of the residence.
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The peculiar conditions of site and
the unusual form Of lot have made it
more than ordinarily necessary to
treat house and grounds as unit, in
attempting to reach q solution Of the
problem. The lot is approximately a
triangular corner with a small ex-
tension westward along Hemlock
street. The extension was obviously
intended to accommodate a garage, but
in the present scheme the built-in
type of garage has been adopted as
| more convenient, permitting this ex-
tension to be otherwise utilized. The
house and porches are located entirely
within the building restriction lines of
the lot, with no projections.
Alaska avenue, the more important
thoroughfare, running diagonally to
the typical street system, affords the
ideal southeast exposure for the main
entrance.
Good Vistas Possible.
The location suggested a central
hall with a vista to the garden and
street. In this connection, 1t has been
possible to arrange the axis of the
vista to diagonally intersect the long
axis of the formal. hedge-inclosed
panel on Hemlock street, In such a
manner as to achieve a direct connec-
tion between the house and the garden
by means of a short brick walk. with
fianking beds of perennials, backed by
hedges. 1t is planned that a more
formal garden should be located at the
top.
Having established the conditions
of the site as a background and as
motive for the house plan, the
plans of the interior were thought
out. The cellar provides the usual
facilities and accommodation de-
manded in modern house and, in
addition, provides for garage under
the living room porch. The built-in
type of garage has many advantages
to a motorist. In this instance the
architect has sought to alleviate un-
sightliness; first, by placement
rather out of the direct line of vision
with curved approach treated in an
attractive manner: secondly. by re-
eessing the doors several feet back
of the front line of walls, throwing
them into a deep shadow, and finally
by applying a color scheme to this
feature designed to still further re-
duce their conspicuousness in defer
ence to the Hemlock street view.
Entering the cellar from the ga