How a Pennsylvania 
Farm House 
was lranstormed into a 
Beautiful Dwelling 
By 
Francis Durando Nichols 
G BOUT two years ago Mrs. C. T. Schoen _ tion, if not rightly heeded, might make the remodeled place 
purchased a farm of many acres in that lose all the distinction of character which was only waiting 
beautiful spot called ‘Rose Valley,” in te be developed. The amount of change has certainly not 
Pennsylvania. Upon this farm was situ- been excessive, and the improvements have been carried out 
ated an old stone house which was not old is sympathy with the subject and its environments. ‘The 
enough to be typical, a barn too near the house was too good to be torn down, and the walls of stone 
house to be ignored and too good to be covered with rough plaster made of 
torn down, a garden site and sur- Jocal creek sand chimed into the land- 
rounding grounds well covered scape; the windows were of good 
with old and valuable trees. shape, but were decayed in a 
This was the problem very bad manner, and 
which was given to the the porch and_ roof 
well known archi- were gone. The 
tects of Philadel- main walls of the 
phia, Messrs. house were re- 
Price and Me- tained, and the 
Lanahan. The building was 
buildings added to by 
were of the building a 
£ yap © sire= 
quently seen 
along the 
rural hig h- 
ways of Penn- 
sylvania, but 
fortunately of such 
character that the 
form of the buildings 
and grounds could be ~ 
maintained, thereby reduc- 
ing the problem, and making it 
laundry on 
the kitchen 
extension, 
two small 
wings at either 
side of the house 
providing fireplaces 
for the living and 
dining - rooms, cas e- 
ment windows were 
Sal placed in the old openings, 
ha oe and an arched stone porch 
more of a development than an ex- added at the front of the house, 
tension. ‘The entire absence of ornament bringing the entrance to it from the side, 
and the solidity and permanence of the walls of the house, and which is reached from the inside court by stone steps 
which were of stone and stucco, rendered a building which — graced on either side by bay trees. Passing across the terrace, 
the architects might scheme, modify and enrich with their with brick pavements laid in herring-bone pattern and orna- 
fancy, but woe betide them if the changes had been made mented with Moravian tile, the arched piazza is reached. 
without restraint, good taste and judgment, which considera- An attractive bay window, fitted with casement windows and 
