l-igurc Sb. — boiTH wall of Strictirk B. Iixiking cast. Base of veranda 



extends to bottom of picture at left. Molded-^sandstone trim a|>|)cars thr- '- 



brick rubble that has been attached to it, evidently as ba<e for stejw. 



and narrow, fronted by a I'ull-lcnRtli veranda and 

 adorned with stone trim for which wc can find no 

 exact parallel in Ui-centnry America, it was as indi- 

 vidualistic as John Mercer himself. Yet, far from 

 being a vernacular anachronism or a mere eccentric- 

 ity, it was apparently rich with the ' • 

 isms that made it very much an e\| 



The mcasurenicnts made of the foundation when 

 excavated, as we ha\e seen, sli" 

 and a width of 2U feet for the n 



overall width, including the projecting Wall C, of 37 

 feet tS inches. The insurance | • ' 

 10» feet » inches and a width 

 the main foundation, plus a separate width for the 



•portico" las the stnicturr alx»vc Wall C' w.t^ rnlird' 

 of 8 feet 4 inches. These .«nall discrrpam 

 lie in tlx' ° >easuriiig a ^tanUlll^ 



hou.se ail': 

 Despite the fact that the foundat: "iii 



unequal si/e were .situated within ihc uuiin tma 



insur.ince-policy plan, "a (>-IUr under aUiut hall the 

 !I ,>e." 



. •• (Mrtly de»ti vu n»id- 



wav acro» the foundation, acting as a maining wall. 



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