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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



September, 1908 



A Picturesque Grouping of Gables and Roofs 



Chronology here can well 

 be counted by the centuries, 

 for the original surveys 

 were made by the direction 

 of William Penn. Some 

 four or five old homesteads, 

 dating from perhaps the 

 seventeen sixties or seven- 

 ties still survive, and, hav- 

 i n g been repaired and 

 adapted to the needs of 

 modern life are the jolliest 

 houses possible. They are 

 interesting types of the 

 genuine old Colonial, houses 

 with small rooms and low 

 ceilings but with an abun- 

 dance of interesting old 

 woodwork that is their 

 greatest charm. Utterly 

 unpretentious in their ex- 

 teriors as these old houses 

 are, they are full of interior 



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human occupation or call- 

 ing; and not only to begin, 

 but to continue in the same 

 path of rectitude; and the 

 initiatory idea, as has been 

 the case here, is invariably 

 the most important. "Stoke 

 Pogis," therefore, makes its 

 appeal to the home builder 

 on two obvious grounds: its 

 own inherent natural beauty 

 and advantages, and the 

 very admirable w a y in 

 which the elementary 

 scheme, the basic plan, has 

 been worked out and de- 

 veloped. 



It was no new thing to 

 build here, for the tract 

 was, for many years, cov- 

 ered by the farms and farm 

 houses of early settlers. 



" Orchard Lea" Is a Stucco House with Half-timber Gables 



