1940. Early American home designed for Mr. and Mrs. William Linn, of Shaker Heights, residential suburb of Cleveland, Ohio

HERE YOU SEE an Early American home designed for Mr. and Mrs. William Linn, of Shaker Heights, residential suburb of Cleveland, Ohio, by Architect Maxwell A. Norcross, of Cleveland, and built by Olson & Johnston. The exterior of the home is finished with flush siding combined with wood shingles 10 inches to the weather, and all painted white. The recessed front entrance is especially appealing with its diamond window and design, and the wide chimney effectively balances and anchors the design. The roof is of wood shingles. The attached garage is screened by the porch and is accessible from the stair hall opening to the kitchen, basement, and front hall. Another door opens onto the porch from front hall. Arches supporting porch roof are in beautiful proportion.

A disappearing stairway built into the second- floor ceiling makes the attic space available for storage. The home is equipped with a winter air-conditioning heating system with an oil burner, and walls and ceiling are insulated with rock-wool. The bay window of the dining-room opens upon the terrace, and this room is efficiently reached from the kitchen thru the breakfast room. Upstairs are two bedrooms connected thru a bath with shower stall, the owner's bedroom with dressing-room and private bath. Over the garage is the maid's room with its own bathroom. The readily accessible downstairs lavatory is efficiently segregated; and coat and linen closets flank each other in hall.