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H o u s e & Garden 
Jackson & Whitman 
OAKS of ENGLAND 
Into the homes of Cromwell’s day went the abrupt energy and strength of 
the oaks of England. Though it was crude at times, there was a great 
simplicity about this architecture. It had at once the naive charm of hand- 
wrought labor and the vigorous directness of the time. Singularly enough, 
this entrance vestibule is in an American home—the residence of Mrs. George 
P. Mellick, Plainfield, N. J., of which other views are shown on page 26. 
John P. Benson was the architect 
