Identifier: architectenginee1030sanf (find matches)
Title: Architect and engineer
Year: 1905 (1900s)
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Subjects: Architecture Architecture Architecture Building
Publisher: San Francisco : Architect and Engineer, Inc
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: San Francisco Public Library

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PLOT PLAN, RESIDENCE OF A. H. HILLS. PIEDMONT, CALIFORNIASIDNEY B., NOBLE AND ARCHIE T. NEWSOM, ARCHITECTS
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KEMUtNCt UF A. H. HlLLh, E.sQ., PIEDMONT, CALIFORNIASidney B., Noble and Archie T. Newsom, Architects THE A. H. HILLS RESIDENCE PIEDMONT GT. HE residence of Mr. and Mrs. A.H. Hills, Sea View Avenue, Piedmont, isso located that a commanding sweep of thebay region may be had from all the prin-cipal rooms. In fact, in planning the house,actual survey lines of sight to various pointsof interest were determined in order thatthe views from windows might be the mostadvantageous. The property extendsthrough from street to street in a series ofterraced gardens, including a court at therear, overlooking a swimming pool andchildrens play house. On one of the lowerterraces there is a complete green houseplanned particularly for the raising of or-chids, one of Mr. Hills own interests. Onaxis lines with the upper terraces are suchfeatures as a fountain, tile seat, tea house, and long broken flights of steps, boundedby ornamental columns surmounted withpergolas. The house roofs are of soft tonedgree

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