
These are two more examples of the Walter Allen porch. In the exceptionally refined Aldrich House, the typical Allen porch appears at its best. The wide spacing of its tapered Tuscan columns and their responding pilasters tautly stake out the stretched space of the entrance shelter, with the rusticated wall further separating it from the clapboard mass behind. Within (not open to the public) is an outstanding stairhall that must have seemed a perfect setting for the young ladies of Linden Hall Seminary when this house served as their dormitory. For the Brownell House, next door, Allen chose