Chapin Residence floorplan

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEcspyEOYwnk3BanLXYO_tNy-6gzOB6tctabHeFDHu_n8aBDV0ZymOGKsRcpjYgeidUtMlR_-mdR3lIYOTdJQLGGzVnXv3EJppYI6-Ujy5-x4_Lj3TNDoIROgBFywyAFFnc1jp7P3xf_0/s1600/front+door.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEcspyEOYwnk3BanLXYO_tNy-6gzOB6tctabHeFDHu_n8aBDV0ZymOGKsRcpjYgeidUtMlR_-mdR3lIYOTdJQLGGzVnXv3EJppYI6-Ujy5-x4_Lj3TNDoIROgBFywyAFFnc1jp7P3xf_0/s1600/front+door.jpg" width="302" /></a></div>One of my favorite books that I've mentioned before is the monograph of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0926494082/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=0926494082&link_code=as3&tag=archite0d-20">H.T. Lindeberg's</a> residential work. Many of his smaller projects are shown including just these 3 intriguing photographs of a rather odd house in Lake Forest, Illinois in 1926 for Lowell C. Chapin, Esq. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK8QMs2F41uNcwzigPH9qR1tCSR97TvIROgR3J0kTPmANAqUFfIo1pu0hAyrWYNznshO6IW-ZfV5ur3T8nAcoGva8xqCRwBfRsHeTU4edR6QfxRNQmSzxMRKRP__ns884iYkfya6n93UA/s1600/floorplan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK8QMs2F41uNcwzigPH9qR1tCSR97TvIROgR3J0kTPmANAqUFfIo1pu0hAyrWYNznshO6IW-ZfV5ur3T8nAcoGva8xqCRwBfRsHeTU4edR6QfxRNQmSzxMRKRP__ns884iYkfya6n93UA/s1600/floorplan.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>If you study the plan you'll notice that the house consists of a rather small entry vestibule and an enormous living room. Thats all for public space! A warren of servants quarters fill the remainder of the first floor while the 2nd floor holds 4 bedrooms. Strange but ultimately practical.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3knToGxo3MjPAbzrD-EIbqqTeQnArEnvO2VQe710jA003pSjWDT7Y9bdEBfSA5aDHT6XQQU6kDoR-HUv9nVLoTrwL-w7pRAT73RzEsl6xLcOEAT6UWcx3C4i5sm1_drC55l16WGwA8qk/s1600/entrance+front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3knToGxo3MjPAbzrD-EIbqqTeQnArEnvO2VQe710jA003pSjWDT7Y9bdEBfSA5aDHT6XQQU6kDoR-HUv9nVLoTrwL-w7pRAT73RzEsl6xLcOEAT6UWcx3C4i5sm1_drC55l16WGwA8qk/s1600/entrance+front.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>And as you can see the 'simple' house packs a lot of punch with that steep French roofline.  Rather a quirky house and it leads me to wonder how it has changed over the past 90 years or is even still extant.

Chapin Residence floorplan

One of my favorite books that I've mentioned before is the monograph of H.T. Lindeberg's residential work. Many of his smaller proj...

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