Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from An Architectural Monograph on a Roadside Tavern to Be Built of White Pine: Competition Drawings, With Report of the Jury of Architects
First prize design. The design placed first has a good general plan. The building, L shaped, is close to the road, thus wasting none of the small lot in space for motors to enter or park, and reserving the front on the stream and the apple orchard for the use of the guests. The entrances, both from the court and direct from the street, are well placed to serve the public rooms, the main dining-room occupying the best corner, while the service portion occupies the wing. The exterior expresses the character and the use of the building. Simple and dignified, it is yet distinctly a tavern and not a private house, and the use of differing materials on the outside expresses very cleverly the main public parlors and the service wing. The dining-room French windows open on the terrace, of which more might well have been made. The little shop is admirably located near the street and yet is a part of the composition. The detail sheet shows thorough Understanding and both exterior and interior are charming, and though distinctly borrowed, are none the less evidences of judg ment and good taste. Incidentally, one ques tions the use of large beams running lengthwise of the dining - room, but this perhaps is being hyper-critical of a design that is excellent and which would undoubtedly look better rather than worse in execution.
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