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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
March, 1915 
Though a few trees had to be destroyed and some transplanted, an old-fashioned setting, perfect for such 
was created 
house. 
The Residence of Mrs. Allen 
J. Smith , Radnor , Pa. 
F OR the establishment of her resi¬ 
dence the owner selected a 
property among the rolling hills of 
Radnor, and chose the orchard of an 
old farm for the setting of the house. 
While this cost the destruction of a 
few trees and the transplanting of 
others, the spoliation was repaid when 
the house was finished, for, sur¬ 
rounded by foliage, it immediately 
took on a comfortable, old-fashioned 
look. 
Furthermore, near the orchard ran 
the entrance road to the old farm 
house, lined on each side with old 
trees whose leaves and branches met 
far overhead. The road continued past 
the boundary of the present property, 
but. by removing one tree, this road 
was diverted to serve the present 
Leading off the dining-room, which is comfortably formal, is a sunny breakfast porch, curtained and 
glazed in winter 
The long-paneled vestibule hall opens vistas on the living-room 
with its sun porch beyond 
^hth a pent roof above and trellises on either side, flanked by the little casements, the entrance has an 
air at once strikingly individual and invitingly formal 
house and garage. Its one-time direction is 
now gone, but, with only a new roadbed and 
top coating, the present approach has all the 
appearance of an ancient road beneath the old 
trees. 
The problem of compromising the various 
demands of orientation, view and practicality 
in designing the house was reduced to a mini- 
A 
generous dressing-room completing the mistress’ suite is 
one of the developments of the second floor plan 
