April, 1921 
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THE HOUSE ON A HILLSIDE 
Too much of sentiment has been wasted, over the 
cottage in the dell. Such cottages are apt to be 
damp, muggy in summer and stuffy in winter. 
Their only redeeming feature is that they look 
picturesque. It is far better to build your house 
on a hillside, where there is a free play of air, 
a command of view and where the gardens hang 
one above the other on enchanting levels. The 
cottage in the dell is easier to get at, but the house 
on the hillside is much more wonderful when you 
reach it. That is one, among many, of the out¬ 
standing advantages which characterize this home 
of George W. Olmstead, Esq., at Ludlow, Pa. 
A. J. Bodker was the architect 
