Text Appearing Before Image: A Picturesque Grouping of Gables and Roofs Chronology here can well be counted by the centuries, for the original surveys were made by the direction of William Penn. Some four or five old homesteads, dating from perhaps the seventeen sixties or seven- ties still survive, and, hav- i n g been repaired and adapted to the needs of modern life are the jolliest houses possible. They are interesting types of the genuine old Colonial, houses with small rooms and low ceilings but with an abun- dance of interesting old woodwork that is their greatest charm. Utterly unpretentious in their ex- teriors as these old houses are, they are full of interior 0= =Si Text Appearing After Image: F^IRiPT FLooa 5ECO/NP Flooe human occupation or call- ing; and not only to begin, but to continue in the same path of rectitude; and the initiatory idea, as has been the case here, is invariably the most important. "Stoke Pogis," therefore, makes its appeal to the home builder on two obvious grounds: its own inherent natural beauty and advantages, and the very admirable w a y in which the elementary scheme, the basic plan, has been worked out and de- veloped. It was no new thing to build here, for the tract was, for many years, cov- ered by the farms and farm houses of early settlers.
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