PRACTICAL BOOK OF GARDEN ARCHITECTURE 



studio or other artistic workshop is the most pleas- 

 ing "fad." When there is an artist in the family, 

 the little historic building makes an ideal workshop. 

 When music is the delight of the talented member, 

 a decidedly quaint music room (or musical studio) 

 may be designed within the ancient structure. When 

 literature, science, or other "artistic industry" oc- 

 cupies the time, or serves as a hobby of some one 

 living on the country estate, the homestead workshop 

 is still desirable. 



The interior "fitting up" of the studio and the 

 exterior transformation of the ancient building will 

 depend largely upon the use to which it is to be put 

 when reconstructed. In some instances the little 

 one-story buildings which formed the original homes 

 of the settlers have been turned into "billiard 

 cabins," when the ancient farm homes were altered 

 into modern country seats. An author's workshop 

 and a studio for artistic book bindery may be found 

 in other remodelled buildings, that are an attractive 

 feature of the estate. But it has remained for Mrs. 

 Walter Hering, of Abington, Pennsylvania, to dis- 

 play the most quaint, beautiful and practical form of 

 utilizing a picturesque homestead landmark. 



When the extensive "Lyndanwalt" country seat 

 first attracted the attention of the entire section of 

 Abington township because of the splendid archi- 

 es 



