﻿November, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  439 
  

  

  The 
  Residence 
  of 
  Professor 
  L. 
  W. 
  Reid 
  

  

  Haverford, 
  Pennsylvania 
  

  

  The 
  Design 
  Is 
  Based 
  on 
  the 
  Farmhouse 
  of 
  the 
  Pennsylvania 
  Style 
  

  

  HE 
  picturesque 
  

   and 
  interesting 
  

   residence 
  of 
  

   Professor 
  Reid 
  

   forms 
  the 
  sub- 
  

   ject 
  of 
  this 
  

   sketch. 
  The 
  

   farmhouse, 
  of 
  the 
  Pennsylvania 
  

   type, 
  is 
  the 
  example 
  which 
  was 
  

   accepted 
  by 
  Messrs. 
  Bailey 
  and 
  

   Bassett, 
  of 
  Philadelphia, 
  when 
  

   they 
  designed 
  Professor 
  Reid's 
  

   house. 
  It 
  is 
  constructed 
  of 
  rock- 
  

   faced 
  graystone, 
  laid 
  up 
  with 
  

   broad 
  white 
  mortar 
  joints. 
  The 
  

   entrance 
  porch 
  is 
  placed 
  at 
  the 
  

   front 
  of 
  the 
  house, 
  and 
  is 
  sep- 
  

   arate 
  from 
  the 
  living 
  - 
  porch, 
  

   which 
  is 
  placed 
  at 
  one 
  end 
  of 
  

   the 
  house. 
  

  

  The 
  roof 
  is 
  of 
  wood, 
  with 
  the 
  

   exterior 
  covered 
  with 
  shingles 
  

   which 
  are 
  finished 
  in 
  their 
  natu- 
  

   ral 
  state. 
  The 
  trimming 
  and 
  

   the 
  solid 
  wooden 
  blinds 
  which 
  

   are 
  placed 
  at 
  the 
  first 
  floor 
  win- 
  

   dows 
  are 
  painted 
  ivory 
  white, 
  

   while 
  the 
  remainder 
  of 
  the 
  

   blinds 
  are 
  dark 
  bottle 
  green. 
  

  

  The 
  entrance 
  door 
  opens 
  direct 
  into 
  the 
  hall, 
  which 
  is 
  fin- 
  with 
  an 
  old-rose 
  wall 
  decoration 
  very 
  admirably 
  worked 
  out. 
  

   ished 
  in 
  the 
  Colonial 
  style 
  with 
  white 
  painted 
  paneled 
  wain- 
  The 
  reception-room, 
  to 
  the 
  left 
  of 
  the 
  entrance, 
  is 
  treated 
  

   scotings 
  and 
  trim 
  and 
  a 
  stairway 
  with 
  a 
  mahogany 
  balus- 
  with 
  a 
  low 
  Colonial 
  wainscoting, 
  painted 
  white, 
  and 
  above 
  

   trade. 
  A 
  commodious 
  closet 
  is 
  conveniently 
  placed 
  under 
  which 
  the 
  walls 
  are 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  two-tone 
  green 
  striped 
  

   the 
  stairway. 
  The 
  walls 
  above 
  the 
  wainscoting 
  are 
  treated 
  paper 
  finishing 
  with 
  a 
  heavy 
  molded 
  cornice. 
  

  

  The 
  living-room 
  is 
  trimmed 
  

   with 
  Flemish 
  oak, 
  and 
  has 
  book- 
  

   cases 
  built 
  in 
  and 
  an 
  open 
  

   fireplace 
  with 
  tiled 
  facings 
  and 
  

   hearth, 
  and 
  a 
  mantel 
  of 
  good 
  de- 
  

   sign. 
  The 
  walls 
  are 
  treated 
  

   with 
  a 
  mustard-brown 
  color, 
  har- 
  

   monizing 
  well 
  with 
  the 
  soft 
  

   brown 
  tone 
  of 
  the 
  trim 
  of 
  the 
  

   room. 
  

  

  The 
  dining-room, 
  which 
  is 
  

   connected 
  to 
  the 
  living-room 
  and 
  

   also 
  to 
  the 
  hall, 
  is 
  treated 
  with 
  

   a 
  golden-brown 
  oak 
  effect 
  and 
  

   with 
  a 
  tapestry 
  wall 
  covering. 
  

   There 
  is 
  a 
  low 
  wainscoting 
  and 
  

   an 
  open 
  fireplace, 
  with 
  brick 
  fac- 
  

   ings 
  and 
  hearth, 
  and 
  a 
  mantel 
  

   complete. 
  A 
  door 
  opens 
  into 
  a 
  

   butler's 
  pantry, 
  which 
  is 
  pro- 
  

   vided 
  with 
  sink, 
  drawers, 
  

   dressers 
  and 
  cupboards 
  complete. 
  

   Another 
  door 
  opens 
  into 
  the 
  

   kitchen, 
  which 
  is 
  placed 
  in 
  an 
  ex- 
  

   tension, 
  with 
  windows 
  placed 
  on 
  

   two 
  opposite 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  room, 
  

   thereby 
  insuring 
  a 
  cross 
  ventila- 
  

   tion. 
  It 
  is 
  fitted 
  up 
  with 
  an 
  ice- 
  

   The 
  Main 
  Doorway 
  and 
  Entrance 
  Porch 
  D0X 
  t 
  with 
  an 
  outside 
  entrance 
  

  

  