March, 1921 
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TREES AND 
THE HOUSE 
A Study in 
Southern Colonial 
The house illustrating this 
point is a dignified inter¬ 
pretation of Southern Colon¬ 
ial, a type that requires the 
immediate presence of large 
trees and the approach of 
broad lawns. It is the resi¬ 
dence of Dr. Harold Spring¬ 
er, at Centerville, near Wil¬ 
mington, Delaware. Brown 
& Whitesides, architects 
Good architecture always 
takes into account the ex¬ 
isting features of the site, 
and if those features happen 
to be noble trees, then half 
the beauty of the finished 
picture is already accom¬ 
plished. At times it is even 
advisable to change the plans 
of a house altogether rather 
than destroy the trees 
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