March, 1909 
AMERICAN HOMES 
AND GARDENS 
The Colonial Residence of J. Randall Williams, Esq. 
Haverford, Pennsylvania 
By Paul Thurston 
RECENTLY completed residence following 
the style of the Colonial, and affording 
many interesting features, is the new home 
of J. Randall Williams, Esq., at Haver- 
ford, Pa. Lhe house shows a careful con- 
formity to historical style and at the same 
time illustrates many modern tendencies, 
and in its interior is incorporated all the appointments re- 
quired in a well-regulated and up-to-date house. It was built 
from plans prepared by Messrs. Baily and Bassett, architects, 
of Philadelphia, Pa. 
The situation chosen is an attractive one, and permits of 
giving a broad expanse to the house, which is reached by a 
straight walk passing in from the street to the terrace ex- 
tending across the front, and also having access to the house 
from the driveway circling in from the same roadway. ‘The 
walk is laid with red brick and is inclosed with a low-cut 
privet hedge. ‘he terrace is also laid of brick and forms a 
foundation for the porch roof over the entrance-way and the 
family porch at the 
side of the house. 
The house, which 
is of wood, is cov- 
ered with white 
painted clapboards 
and green painted 
blinds; a color 
scheme of the typt- 
cal New England 
Colonial house. 
The roof is  shin- 
gled. The details 
of the columns, 
balustrades and dor- 
mers are finely exe- 
cuted and show the 
refinement of this 
particular style of 
architecture. From 
the porch at the 
front the entrance 
is reached, and a 
broad door opens 
into the hall, which 
is a central one, ex- 
tending through the 
entire depth of the 
The library has green striped wall paper and white painted trim 
The Colonial furniture is appropriate 
house. The woodwork is painted white and the walls are 
tinted in an old rose, while the rugs and stair carpet are in 
harmony. A staircase is of ornamental character with white 
painted balusters and a mahogany rail. The living-room is 
at the front of the house and to the right of the entrance. 
Its woodwork is painted white and the walls are tinted in an 
old Colonial yellow. The open fireplace is built of brick 
with the facings and hearth of similar brick, and a mantel 
finely designed in the Colonial style. French windows, on 
either side of the fireplace, open into both the inclosed and 
open piazza, which is isolated from the front entrance, 
thereby insuring privacy to the family and their intimates. 
The library, which is immediately back of the living-room, 
is furnished with a white painted trim and walls covered with 
green striped paper. Bookcases are built in at one side 
of the room, and the corner fireplace is built with brick fac- 
ings and hearth and furnished with a finely detailed Colonial 
mantel. To the left of the entrance, and corresponding to 
the living-room, is the dining-room, which has a white 
painted trim, decor- 
ated walls, and Co- 
lonial fireplace. The 
room is furnished 
with mahogany fur- 
niture of antique 
pattern. A door 
opens into a butler’s 
pantry, which is 
fitted with sink, 
drawers and dress- 
ers; while another 
door opens into the 
kitchen, placed in 
the extension. This 
arrangement admits 
of a cross ventila- 
tion. There is a 
sink for the washing 
of the kitchen uten- 
sils, range, dresser, 
and a stairway to 
the second floor and 
to the cellar. Be- 
yond the kitchen is 
the laundry fitted up 
complete with laun- 
dry range, laundry 
