Volume XVIII September, 1910 Number 3 
Standing on its open plot, 150 x 300 feet, the Hoadley house has a setting among its big trees that is strongly reminiscent of the old home 
steads of New England. J. Acker Hays and Charles W. Hoadley, architects 
Personality in a Country Home 
A $10,000 HOUSE AT ENGLEWOOD THAT IS PURE NEW ENGLAND COLONIAL, 
DOWN TO THE SMALLEST DETAIL—A HOUSE EOUNDED ON PRECEDENT 
by Henry H. Saylor 
Photographs by W. H. Wallace and the author 
T HIS appears to be the day of the Colonial. On every hand 
one hears that this man or that is going to build a Col¬ 
onial house, if he has not already done so. And yet when you 
come to investigate these “Colonial'’ houses you find that in the 
vast majority of cases the name is a mere mockery. Every house 
that boasts a row of classic columns across the porch, every 
house that is painted white with green blinds joyously claims 
the title “Colonial.” And most of us, unfortunately, are not 
familiar enough with the true letter and spirit of the Colonial 
builders to challenge these pretenders. Nor can we reasonably 
hope to acquaint ourselves with the true character of Colonial 
architecture except by a deep and painstaking study of the best 
that was done in those good old building days. But I am not 
attempting to lead you into that just now, let me hasten to add. 
What I do want to show you is a new home of moderate size 
wherein there appears a most unusual consistency and a thor¬ 
oughly conscientious following of established precedent. In 
other words, here is a Colonial house that really merits the title. 
Mr. Iloadley’s great-grandfather was a New England archi¬ 
tect who built a number of well-known meeting-houses — the Old 
North Church at New Blaven among them. There is no need 
of looking further for a reason why Mr. Hoadley felt that the 
New England Colonial was the only rational style of house for 
him to build for his own home. And in the doors throughout the 
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