CARLTON, A RELIC OF THE PAST 
By Mabel Tuke Priestman 
A CENTURY ago when traveling abroad 
was much restricted and people re¬ 
mained in their own neighborhood, there 
was little temptation to depart from prevail¬ 
ing styles of architecture. Many houses 
built in that time consequently remain now 
as examples of pure Colonial architecture. 
Germantown is especially rich in possessing 
many of these old homes, one of the most 
beautiful and correct being that belonging 
to the children of the late Cornelius S. Smith. 
One cannot fail to be struck by the beauty of 
the approach; the low rambling white house, 
with its green latticed shutters seems one 
with Nature, so closely does it nestle against 
the trees, while large and more stately ones 
stand out like sentinels to guard this rare 
old lewel. 
The estate originally consisted of one hun¬ 
dred acres, but though sales of the property 
have been made from time to time, the grounds 
are still extensive,being about 35 acres. Owing 
to the undulating land the close proximity 
of neighboring houses cannot be seen from 
the lower part of the house, and as we gaze 
on the green lawn with trees and shrubbery 
on all sides, and catch glimpses of sloping 
turf and corn fields beyond, we feel that here 
indeed is perfect seclusion, and find it hard 
to believe that we are within a stone’s throw 
of trolley cars, and the modern houses of 
to-day. 
The approach to the house is from Midvale 
Avenue, where a circular drive leads to a 
typical Colonial entrance, which consists of 
a small porch with two columns supporting 
the roof, and benches on either side of the 
doorway. A triangular window above the 
porch together with a window on each side 
of it diffuse plenty of light into the hall. 
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THE HOUSE FROM THE EAST 
