Selection of the Site 



should not be so 

 firmly fixed as to 

 cause future com- 

 plications, as it is 

 very apt to do. 



As is often 

 the case, one 

 looks about for 

 existing examples 

 that please him; 

 this is natural. 

 If in the research 

 he becomes com- 

 pletely and in- 



separably wedded to 

 some particular style, 

 then this style must 

 govern the choice of 

 the land and be ever 

 uppermost in the 

 question of its selection. 

 The better way, 

 by far, is to determine 

 on the site, procure 

 it, and fit the house 

 to the conditions it 

 involves. This is 

 the legitimate method 

 of procedure, and will 

 give better results in 

 the end. 



We all of us work, or have at least some connection with a business centre. 

 This, first of all, should be a check in the matter of selection. 



The average man is expected, except during his vacation, to be at a 

 certain place each day for the transaction of business. His first care is that 

 he shall not spend too much time on public conveyances in travelling back 

 and forth. If he be located in a town or small city his problem is perhaps 

 simpler than he of the large city; in either case, the nearness to public 

 conveyances and a forethought for the future growth of the locality are all 

 important. Although growth is natural, one does not care to be hemmed 

 in with mushroom edifices before the first coat of paint has become hard. 



If it be a case of a summer home simply, the problem differs again. More 

 land is naturally implied, and, as a general thing, the conditions of summer 

 and early fall alone are to be considered. Here again the question of ease of 



The old Royal House, Medford, Mass. Showing a flat Colonial site with deciduous growth. 

 The lower view gives the anatomy of the general lay-out 



