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THE POPULAR PORCH PERGOLA 



COMBINED WITH THE TILED TERRACE IT FORMS 

 AN IDEAL OPEN-AIR LIVING ROOM 



' ' OAK KNOLL, ' ' near Los Angeles, California, the 

 picturesque home of Dr. F. K. Ledyard, presents an 

 interesting type of porch pergola which is character- 

 istic of California bungalows. It is of rustic design, 

 long, rambling, vine-draped, and built in harmony 

 with the Swiss chalet type of architecture which 

 distinguishes this charming home. 



At the residence of Mr. Louis J. Kolb, at German- 

 town, and at "Kathaleen Farm" on Bethlehem Pike, 

 Pennsylvania, there are handsome designs of porch 

 pergolas of stately Italian type. Between these two 

 extremes, quaint, practical, elaborate, and fantastical 

 coverings of house and garden terraces are being 

 constructed in the form of porch pergolas. 



This is supposed to be a comparatively new form 

 of pergola arrangement. In reality, according to the 

 old dictionary definitions, one of the early uses of 

 the pergola was in connection with the house. The 

 early Italian form, spelled pergola, and the Latin 

 form, spelled pergula (both with the accent on the 

 first syllable), applied to a sort of gallery or balcony 



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