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HOW TO MAKE A COUNTRY PLACE 



rarely the demands of country architecture as well as the site. 

 Across the front of the house is a wide, roofed veranda, extend- 

 ing beyond the house line on the northwest corner. How often 



CROSSWAYS. 



I pity humanity, baking on a south or east veranda, when, by building 

 it as above and using an open rail, cool southwest breezes and a 

 broadened view are obtained. 



Building up the stone foundation into two foot high base sup- 

 ports to the veranda posts, as shown in the photograph, gives greater 

 stability and a more pleasing effect than a continuous wooden railing. 

 The wooden posts should have been twice as large. 

 The Lavatory Theft. 



A screened minstrels' balcony on the stair landing is one of its 

 features. A couple of steps under the main stairway give ample 

 head room in a lavatory practically stolen from the cellar, a plan well 

 worth more general adoption. Either living or dining room may be 

 used for eating, as winter's sun or summer's shade dictates, for in 

 the large butler's pantry are doors to each. 



The windowed hall on the third floor in the ell between ser- 

 vants' quarters and main house is utilized as a servants' bathroom, 

 but may be used as a thoroughfare on occasion, connecting the two 

 portions of the house, as fixtures are screened with a wooden 

 paneled partition a pardonable makeshift under some circumstances. 

 Crossways stands for comfort in every line. 



Red Towers. 



When I left Orange, the birthplace of Red Towers, I took 

 with me as foreman a man born in Orange, who had never seen a 

 rough bouldered stone wall like those crossing Westchester County 

 and Connecticut in all directions. Indeed, the house is built 

 in a stoneless land, as we in Connecticut understand stone and land. 

 I've cleared many a Connecticut pasture with oxen, dynamite and 



