Selection of the Site 



having the low pitch of the English half-timber period. In speaking of the 

 English half timber, it is well to add that a design in this style would not look out 

 of place on this site. 



One very good method in determining the design that suits the site is to 

 collect photographs of foreign examples, which can be gotten in the larger cities; 

 domestic examples should first be well studied to understand their adaptability. 

 Of course, it is not reasonable to suppose that these can be taken literally; 

 conditions of living are different. They will, however, offer invaluable sugges- 

 tions for adaptation. Besides photographs, there are some high-class architectural 

 publications which reproduce these, and which can be seen at many of the libraries. 



Not only should the acknowledged styles of the Continent be considered, but 

 also the less known 

 art of nations in 

 other parts of the 

 world. 



It is quite no- 

 ticeable that parts of 

 rough and pine-clad 

 Maine bear a strik- 

 ing resemblance to 

 some parts of Japan. 

 It would be impos- 

 sible to imagine the 

 bamboo in this con- 



i 



nection, and yet a 

 modification of the 

 simple Japanese 

 house is not so 

 foolish as it seems 

 first. Some of 



at 



On the Penobscot River, Me. A chance for long, low, rambling Colonial line* 



the pine growth 



in this state reminds 



one most forcibly of the charming specimens in Japan; and as to stone Maine 



can surely hold her own. 



Now, for the sake of direct argument, let us take a practical example (see 

 cut). This site is on the Hudson River. It does not matter where. If you 

 find it (and it is safe to say you will not), lay hands on it at once it is a gem. 



Well above the river runs a highway, broad and ample. Northeasterly, 

 about three-quarters of a mile, runs another highway, equally ample and generally 

 parallel to the first. Connecting these two is an old road more or less irregular 

 in its direction, and, being semi-public, is cut off by gates at either end (see 

 "G"). A short distance up on the old road from the river road the path divides, 

 the right-hand branch swinging off to reach a clear, cool spring, which comes 

 from the rocks (see "A"). This road swings round to intercept the main 

 branch again at a point at which it makes a right-angle turn to the northwest. 

 The road by the spring is about twenty-five feet above the land below, a rough 



