Exterior overview of Classic Home 034, the Davis House in Eugene, Oregon, designed by Howard Davis, Architect.
"The Davis House is an elegant, shingle-clad home that exemplifes doing more with less. Its compact plan is a result of designing for an unusually small lot. But careful control of room proportions and strategic placement of openings between rooms provide a feeling of spaciousness throughout the house. Thoughtfully placed windows and French doors along the south wall open up the main interior living spaces to an adjacent 'outdoor room.' The entire upper floor is devoted to a large master bedroom suite. This floor is efficiently contained within the volume formed by the steep gable roof, taking advantage of what could otherwise be unused space. This has the simultaneous effect of maintaining the intimate proportions of the house while offering lovely vaulted ceilings in the master suite."
From 500 Small Houses of the Twenties, complied by Henry Atterbury Smith, from "The Books of a Thousand Homes," copyright 1923. The 1990 edition is published by Dover Publications, ISBN 0-486-26300-2.
