The Philadelphia Architectural Exhibition 
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OFFICE '&VIXDJNG IN BOSTON OF 
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THE MILK STREET ENTRANCE OF THE PENN MUTUAL BUILDING, BOSTON 
Designed by Edgar V. Seeler , and shown at the T-Square Club's Exhibition 
Cram’s skill at making free use ot the good 
principles of that style. The building is shown 
by two exquisitely rendered line drawings. 
DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE. 
A large proportion of designs for resi¬ 
dences is naturally to be expected at a Phil¬ 
adelphia exhibition. This year there are but 
few city houses and 
only two of the clas¬ 
sic type of palace 
which is rather more 
characteristic of New 
York than of Phila¬ 
delphia. A scheme, 
by Messrs. York & 
Sawyer, tor a house 
at Hvde Park, hav¬ 
ing a symmetrical 
plan and an eleva¬ 
tion ornamented by 
a central portico, is 
to be carried out in 
brick and marble. 
The less pretentious 
dwelling-house has 
called forth a num¬ 
ber ot designs, many 
ot which, we are glad 
to notice, show thor¬ 
ough consideration 
of the site upon 
which the house is 
to be built. This 
appreciation of the 
surroundings is con¬ 
spicuous in the de¬ 
lightful drawings of 
Mr. Wilson Eyre 
whose houses are 
drawn appearing 
through a grove of 
trees or across a gar¬ 
den. As to whether 
these accessories are 
always an actual ad¬ 
junct to the com¬ 
pleted work there is 
a lurking doubt; but 
as the sketches por¬ 
tray them, there is at 
least suggested an 
ultimate treatment 
ot the grounds which would be beautiful 
indeed. Mr. Grosvenor Atterbury exhibits 
photographs of his Dr. Rice’s and Dr. Her- 
ter’s houses on Long Island and, associated 
with John Almy Tompkins, a water-color 
of a proposed garden court addition to a 
house at Zellwood, Florida. A series ot in¬ 
teresting photographs of rural architecture 
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