HOUSE AND GARDEN 
98 
November, 1912 
Mi mi 
isasn 
Stenton shows the best preservation of many of the Colonial houses about Philadelphia. It is interesting for its simplicity and the excellent 
use of Flemish bond and brickwork. There is very little decoration beyond the cornice at the roof line, but the house has a decided charm 
. 
; ; 
The reception hall is a unique feature 
and shuts off the staircase from the 
entrance way 
Old 
Philadelphia 
Houses 
The Stenton doorway is very simple for a Colonial 
house, but there is an attraction in the flattened arches 
Closet room is at a minimum in the old- 
fashioned houses, but a slight change 
of plan would alter this 
Stenton 
A Georgian house of the time of 
William Penn 
