Homes That Architects Have Built for Themselves 
THE HOUSE OF HORACE WELLS SELLARS AT ARDMORE, PENNSYLVANIA 
B Y M ABEL TUKE PRIEST M A N 
E very plot 
'of ground 
has special char¬ 
acteristics and a 
certain individu¬ 
ality of its own, 
which must be 
brought out by a 
careful study of 
all the existing 
conditions if the 
entire beauty of 
the place is to be 
developed. When 
the house is 
planned and the 
grounds laid out, 
the good features 
must be accentu¬ 
ated and the bad 
ones toned down 
so as to present to 
the greatest ad- 
rhe gray felt walls and white woodwork of the dining-room form a suitable setting for the family 
portraits. The sideboard is placed in an alcove especially planned to receive it 
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vantage the most 
valuable points. 
Mr. Sellars in 
building a home 
for himself at 
Ardmore has ex¬ 
hibited his skill in 
making the most 
of a plot of 
ground and get¬ 
ting original re¬ 
sults by taking 
advantage of ap¬ 
parent disadvan¬ 
tages. 
The house can¬ 
not be said to be 
the realization of 
the designer’s 
ideal, for he 
made concessions 
to convention in 
some respects, 
