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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



August, 1908 



"White Lodge" 



The Residence of 

 Charles H. Roberts, Esq. 



Wynnewood, Pennsylvania 



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By Charles Chauncey 



The Living-room Is Trimmed with Oak with Mustard Color Walls 



R. ROBERTS' house at Wynnewood is 

 quite unusual and distinctive in its char- 

 acter. It is designed and built for a sub- 

 urban site and is so arranged that the en- 

 trance to it is placed at one side, reserving 

 the entire front of the house for the living- 

 room. The lines of the exterior are square, 

 and the color scheme emphasizes this fact, with the setting 

 of the pine trees which surround it forming a background 

 for the landscape picture. 



The color scheme of the exterior is rich and warm, adding 

 much to the already charming structure effect of the house 

 by the contrast between the stucco walls treated with a white 

 cement wash and the shingles of the roof which are stained 

 red, and the whole provided with a fine setting by the trees 

 with which the house is surrounded. 



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The first story of the house is built of stone and splashed 

 with white mortar in a rough manner, leaving an uneven sur- 

 face. The second story is of frame, built for the stucco 

 walls, which it has on the exterior. The porch, with its 

 great circular arches and pergola and the great chimney 

 built at one side of the house, with chimney pots of red pot- 

 tery, are interesting features of the exterior. This is a most 

 effective structural feature, for the massive lines of the 

 chimney gives an impression of rugged strength. 



The front porch leads to the interior of the house and 

 forms an outdoor section to the living-room when it is in- 

 closed with glass in winter. The arched openings in the 

 cement walls give a charmingly quaint and sheltered effect. 



The interior of the house is divided into three rooms 

 on the first floor, three bedrooms on the second, and two 

 on the third floor, an economical arrangement of the space. 



The entrance 

 opens direct from 

 the porch into the 

 living-room, which 

 occupies the front 

 of the house. It is 

 trimmed with oak, 

 finished with a soft 

 brown tone, harmo- 

 nizing with the 

 mustard-c o 1 o r e d 

 paper with which 

 the walls are cov- 

 ered. 



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The House Is of White Stucco with Shingles Stained Red 



