FEUDAL HALL 217 



THE KNOCKER MADE FAMOUS BY PAUL REVERE. 



The Pig Door. 



The door through which we entered the home was called in 

 old English parlance the "pig door," built by our ancestors to pre- 

 vent wandering swine from encroaching on granary or dwelling. 

 Both upper and lower halves swung on ponderous black iron hinges, 

 and were oak-ribbed, bolt-studded and iron-banded. The quaint iron 

 knocker was that used by Paul Revere when, on the night of his 

 wild ride through Lexington and Concord, he awakened John Han- 

 cock and Samuel Adams with the warning that the British were 

 marching on the Concord stores. Only a bit of metal, yet few lift 

 the old knocker without being thrilled by the thought that it once 

 vibrated with the first shots of the Revolution fired on the village 

 green of Lexington that fusillade that was heard round the world. 



Feudal Hall. 



In the hall we strike the key note of the house. Centreing the 

 home, it centres our thoughts of hospitality and good cheer, its walls 

 ever greeting the coming and speeding the parting guest. The 

 impress of feudalism stamped generous fireplace, and vaulted and 

 groined roof. Cold, I grant, through its very grandeur, but home 

 feeling is ever the same, whether in mediaeval mansion, elaborated with 

 drawbridge, portcullis, and conning tower, or in the rose-porched 

 cottage under the hill. 



Living Room. 



Passing through the entrance hall, we enter the living room 

 of Pinnacle. The half dozen French windows face the west, opening 

 upon the loggia from which broad steps edging the esplanade lead to 

 the formal gardens, embellished with pergolas and arbors. At the end 

 of the long vista is the Italian adaptation of statue and vase. 



