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ARCHITECTURE WITHOUT AFFECTATION 
In this picture of a country house at Villa 
Nova, near Philadelphia, one fifids an old and 
well-mannered architectural pedigree, and a 
pleasant absence of that kind of affectation 
which usually mars adaptations of architec¬ 
tural styles. The actual English traits, as seen 
in the bay window, leaded casements and 
timbered porch, are negligible in comparison 
with the intensely local manner in which they 
are rendered with design and material blended 
with skillful ease. The house was designed for 
Heatly G. Dulles by Mellor, Meigs and Howe 
