PROBLEM II 



A COMPLETE LAYOUT WITHIN SMALL DIMENSIONS, BY 



PRAY, HUBBARD, AND WHITE, LANDSCAPE ARCHI- 



TECTS, BOSTON, MASS. 



Location Allston, near Boston. Size 64 x 164 feet 



development of this property was deter- 

 mined by the location of the path which now 

 connects the front door with the street. Such a 

 path is a necessity in daily use. It must be prac- 

 tical, dry under foot, and as direct as possible. 

 These reasons, however, should not deprive it of 

 interest. The very fact that it is in daily use 

 is all the more reason why it should have beauty 

 inwrought in the making. 



The house had to be set high above the street 

 level and had to accommodate its shape to the 

 long narrow lot. The necessity of facing the house 

 for these reasons upon an unpaved road, which is 

 only a right of way, and the impracticability of 

 placing the entrance to the grounds on it, forced 



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