H ouse and Garden 
THE REAR OF A HOUSE AT DEVON, PA. 
the same freedom with which our ancestors 
attached wings to the main buildings, tying 
them all together by means of those pent- 
roofs which protected windows and cast 
agreeable shadows upon the walls. Stability 
is obtained by means of stonework which is 
heavy in size, but neither gloomy nor for¬ 
bidding to the eye, for the stone is variously 
shaded by iron, and when deepening in color 
to a dark brown is but a contrast to the 
nearly white mortar. The piazza faces the 
view in such a way that it is not open to the 
direct entrance of visitors, and along it are 
ranged three important rooms. Two of 
these, when thrown together with a spacious 
hall, give ample space for dancing or other 
entertainment. 
Mr. Ledyard Heckscher’s house follows 
yet more nearly the type we have spoken of. 
It is, in part, that type itself, for its principal 
PLANS OF A HOUSE AT DEVON, PA. 
Designed by Du firing , Okie & Ziegler 
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