XVI 

 TRANSFORMING GARDEN BUILDINGS 



AN ARCHITECTURAL STUDY IN UTILIZING HIS- 

 TORIC STRUCTURES 



THE picturesque transformation of garden build- 

 ings "too good to tear down/' or treasured for their 

 associations, is a subject of exceeding interest to- 

 day. The owners of ancestral estates that have be- 

 come beautiful modern country seats, as well as the 

 founders of attractive little homes in suburban and 

 village sections, are eagerly consulting garden archi- 

 tects for suggestions in remodelling quaint and 

 dilapidated landmarks. It is now considered little 

 less than] sacrilege to destroy a genuinely historic 

 homestead, no matter how modern and beautiful 

 may be the mansion of the country seat surround- 

 ing it. Various uses are being found in these days 

 of homestead veneration, not only for the old-home 

 structure itself, but also for quaint old-time smoke- 

 houses, dilapidated spring-houses, and other such 

 buildings which have withstood the elements for a 

 century or two. 



In transforming these old houses for modern 

 usefulness and picturesque value, the homestead 



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