H ouse and Garden 
be expected, when it is considered 
that they date from 1872 to the 
present time, and range from the 
Lionberger house by H. H. Rich¬ 
ardson to houses that, unhappily 
for the beauty of the place, mar 
it through a lack ot architectural 
fitness. At either end entrance 
gates—which are similar to each 
other in design and admirably 
adapted to the purpose—enclose, 
or rather screen, the reservation. 
The vista from gate to gate is one 
full of quiet charm, and the place 
is invested with an air of sylvan 
beauty that can only come from 
the mellowing touch of time. The 
planting, how¬ 
ever, seldom 
extends to the 
lawns that im¬ 
mediately sur¬ 
round the 
houses, and 
no especial 
effort has been 
made to en- 
hance the 
beauty of their 
setting by a 
rational plant- 
ing of trees 
and shrub¬ 
bery. A not- 
able excep¬ 
tion, however, 
is the Pierce 
grou n d s, 
where some 
attempt at gardening has been made, but the 
illustration of the house conveys but a partial 
view of its pleasing environment. 
Notwithstanding the haphazard develop¬ 
ment of Vandeventer Place, the beauty of 
the long sweep of green parking half re¬ 
deems its failure as a wholly successful 
scheme. It was, nevertheless, of sufficient 
attractiveness to suggest the development of 
Westmorland and Portland Places, which 
adjoin each other and are situated immedi¬ 
ately north of Forest Park, thus ensuring 
their permanent preservation as desirable 
residential districts. As evidenced by the 
PLAN OF WESTMORLAND AND 
PORTLAND PLACES 
VIEW ON FOREST PARK TERRACE, WESTMORLAND PLACE 
Residences oj B. B. Graham and R. S. Brookings, Esqrs. Eames &-= Young, Architects 
accompanying plan, the topographical layout 
is essentially the same as Vandeventer Place 
—that ot a central parking planted with 
trees and shrubbery, bounded by graveled 
roadways and sidewalks with an alignment 
of shade trees, and faced with houses which, 
being of a later date, have been designed 
along somewhat better architectural lines 
than those in places of earlier origin. The 
entrance lodges at either end vary in design, 
and, as may be seen from the illustrations, 
are of a character that contribute to the or¬ 
namentation of the places. The building 
restrictions in force in these last named 
places provide that the minimum cost of the 
houses shall be $25,000, and that the build¬ 
ing lots shall not be less than 100 feet, a 
frontage too restricted for the character of 
the houses that have thus far been erected, 
and which range in cost from the amount 
named to $200,000. Heavy hauling and 
ENTRANCE TO KINGSBURY BOULEVARD 
Barnett, Haynes &-= Barnett, Architects 
