DENWOOD. 



Lc askod — superior to any wc have tceu in (hvcllings of the same elevation. A fi-ont 

 portico, and two j)rojeotiiig bay windows, make not only a eheerful entrance, but add 

 materially to the size of the drawing and dining rooms. The portico, as well as the 

 interior hall, are paved with tesselated tiles, made by Minton &; Co., Stoke-upon-Trent, 

 England, which arc now becoming so much appreciated, and which can not be too 

 much known. y 



The interior of the house is divided in a diilerent manner from most dwellings, as 

 will be seen by a glance at the ground j)lan. The hall is carried only to the depth of 

 the drawing room, where by an ornamental ground glass door it opens upon a neat 

 library having a bay window slightly enriched at the top with colored glass ; so that 

 the view through the library door and the bay window beyond, produces an effect like 

 that of an oratory. The book-cases on one side are recessed into the butler's pantry, so 

 as to occupy no space from the room. The two doors in the octagon corners are filled 

 with book backs, bound on blocks to form a perfect r(5presentation, and to furnish the 

 room — a plan much practiced in Europe. These doors open respectively into the but- 

 ler's pantry and the private office beyond the drawing-room. Three good and useful 

 rooms are thus obtained. The pantry is a low story ; above it is the bath-room, «fec. ; 

 and above that a convenient chamber ; making three stories in the part of the house 

 nearest the kitchen. The dining-room, on the left of the hall, enlarged by the front 

 projecting window and a handsome bay window at the side, is large and convenient. 

 Behind the fire-place are closets beyond the walls of the house, and entered respect- 

 ively from the side bay window and the dining-room. They are of a comfortable 

 temperature in the coldest weather, being behind the chimney. The staircase has 

 been thrown out of siglit in the passage from the hall to the kitchen, and being unin- 

 closed has a light and airy appearance. 



The whole house is tempered by a furnace, made to warm all the rooms if required, 

 as well as the hall. In every way advantage has been of space, which is saved where- 

 ever it w^as possible. As examples, we noted that under the chamber windows drawers 

 are let into the stone walls, for shoes, &c. ; in the library is a concealed umbrella 

 closet ; and between the book-cases a long closet in the pilaster, for drawings, or spy- 

 glasses, &c. Both hydrant and rain water are plentifully supplied to the house and 

 grounds, in which are also two pumps, a gardener's lodge, convenient stables and 

 coach-house, &c., &c. 



The spot on which this house is erected was two years ago a stable-yard. The 

 visitor will be struck with the transformation that has been already effected. "When 

 Mr. Smith's numerous fruit and ornamental trees have had a few year's more growdi, 

 we hope to visit it again, and have no doubt of being able to call it one of the hand- 

 somest and most convenient places in Pennsylvania, where, by the way, much good 

 taste is growing apparent. 



The house was designed by an English architect to combine all the comforts col- 

 lected in a compass of 42 by 3G feet; the design was carried out and improved by 

 Thomas U. Walter, Esq., the architect of Girard College, and now superintendent of 

 the Capitol extension at Washington 



