158 HOW TO MAKE A COUNTRY PLACE 



Two Houses in One. 



A study of the floor plan will show that Bellerica is really a bi- 

 family house, each having advantages, and the two quickly and prac- 

 tically treated as one house when desired. 



WHITE ROCK. 



Here is conventional little White Rock, a Philadelphia inspira- 

 tion. It may have been the white stone steps in that placid city that 

 suggested this name, but the reason for its building was the fact that 

 I chanced to see one day in crossing Walnut Street the demolition 

 of one of the grand old houses of Philadelphia. I bought the interior 

 trim, including doors and windows, which were quaint and odd, 

 and had them shipped to Connecticut. 



The roofs of the lift windows follow the slope of the upper 

 gambrel. The afterthought windows at the ridge are convenient 

 though ugly, as afterthought windows as well as other built-in 

 features sometimes are, but transformed a dark garret into comfort- 

 able servants' quarters. 



A big white quarry ledge on the shore was selected as its site, 

 cellar blasted, and practically in three months this bit of Quaker 

 City, as far as windows, doors and trim were concerned, was basking 

 on the shores of the Sound. 



A House Enlarged, Yet Not Enlarged. 



A very convenient house was White Rock, porch-pillared and 

 porte-cochered, its interior more attractive than its exterior. The capa- 

 city of the dining room was increased by the addition of a bay, an after- 

 thought relief that helped amazingly, and the use of a round instead 



