Comparisons

In July, 1914, Bertha H. Smith wrote an article for House & Garden Magazine:

Creating an American Style of Architecture-

Mr. Gill's Distinctive Concrete Houses - The Gospel of Simplicity And Straight Lines.

One of the most remarkable things about this new type of architecture is the democracy of it. Without and within there is little difference, save in size, between a laborer's cottage of three rooms and a city house of twenty; and no appreciable difference in the finish of drawing-room and kitchen. Every detail of sanitation and practical utility is carefully studied for kitchens of whatever size so that, whether presided over by mistress or maid, they make for economy of time and work and worry.

Keeping this statement in mind, the comparisons between the large, historically designated buildings such as the Marston, Lee and Dodge homes with the three bedroom rental cottage at 1345 Granada allow an appreciation of Gill's innovative Progressive design for all people.

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