Roland Park, near Baltimore 
RESIDENCE OF S. CLINTON TOWNSEND, ESQ. 
Designed by Messrs. Ellicott & Emmart 
of them really irksome, however. In the 
first place, there is, of course, the enforcement 
of rigid adherence to the building lines which 
are located at distances of forty, fifty and 
sixty feet from the roadway according to the 
locality. The basic building restriction pro¬ 
hibits the erection on Roland Avenue,—the 
principal thoroughfare of the park,— of any 
house costing less than $5,000, or the erection 
of any dwelling representing an investment 
of less than $3,000 on any of the sicie streets 
or roadways. The officials of the land com¬ 
pany stipidate in all realty transactions that 
they shall be privileged to pass upon the plans 
of any and all structures proposed to be 
erected in the park. The property holder is 
under no obligation to have plans for his pro¬ 
spective residence prepared by the architect 
employed by the company, any more than he 
is to entrust the company with the erection 
of his dwelling; but he is bound to provide 
plans that will meet the approval of the 
administrative officials of the park. 
The object of this supervision on the part 
of the park officials is, of course, to insure 
architectural harmony in as great a degree as 
is practical. For all that, the land company 
does not attempt to dictate to property- 
holders what style of architecture shall be 
followed in the provision of houses or what 
material shall be employed. In short, the sole 
object is to guard against incongruities which 
would distinctly mar the ensemble of the en¬ 
tire settlement. This watchfulness to insure 
the common comfort extends even farther. 
Saloons and shops are effectually barred from 
the community, and in order to maintain the 
strictly suburban character of the park, the 
various stores which serve the residents are 
located together in one block, which is set 
back to the building line of the residences, 
and is robbed of all suggestion of the common¬ 
place, owing to the judicious employment of 
the picturesque Flemish architecture. Finally, 
private stables are permitted only under excep¬ 
tional circumstances, and when such buildings 
could by no possibility prove an annoyance to 
any of the property-holders in the vicinity. 
As a substitute for the private stables, the 
company has erected at a cost of $14,000 an 
apartment stable, situated in a central but 
somewhat isolated locality. Each section of 
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