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Notable American Homes 



The House of Edward A. Schmidt, Esq., 

 Radnor, Pennsylvania 



SCHMIDT'S house at Radnor, Pa., is 

 a picturesque half-timber structure. The 

 first story and the whole of the stair bay is 

 of stone; the remainder is of stucco, with 

 black timbers and white panels. It is a 

 house picturesque from the ground up ; that 

 is to say, it has a picturesque plan, with 

 many wings, projections and bay windows; it has a pictur- 

 esque grouping of roofs, with many gable ends and dormers 

 and broadly projecting eaves; the chimneys are of varied 



shapes and interestingly grouped; and the whole is firmly 

 knit together by a very pronounced sense of unity. 



The porte cochere is of stone, and is applied to one angle 

 of the entrance front. It consists of four great four-centered 

 arches, deeply molded, with piers decorated with narrow 

 niches, and surmounted by a pierced balustrade. Just with- 

 out it is a mammoth bed of rhododendrons, in the center of 

 which stands a marble hermes. 



The vestibule is a small square vaulted chamber of stone. 

 It is paved with brick, on which is spread a rug. On the wall 



The Distinguishing Picturesque Quality of the House Is Amply Expressed in the Gabled Roof, Numerous Chimneys and Doimers 



