AMERICAN HOMES 
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No early Massachusetts home was really complete with- 
out the vast chimney, which was often the chief feature of 
the house. The climate of New England includes much 
weather which is exceedingly cold and the fireplace was 
therefore a detail of the first importance. There, too, the 
settlers had come from a country where the fireside stood 
for the symbol of home life and where the ‘‘roof-tree” 
spirit was much stronger than in countries where life is 
lived more largely out-of-doors. All this had a certain 
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Dining-room retaining old chimney 
effect upon the building of their homes, and a study of these 
old farmhouses would almost lead one to the belief that 
the home was really built about the chimney as a kind of 
shelter to the numerous fireplaces which it almost invari- 
ably contained. 
Mr. Hall’s country home possesses all the characteristics 
of its type—the earnest and severe style which was a fitting 
expression of the life of the times. The roof is broad and 
plain and the eaves are cropped closely to the body of the 
The living-room is large and well lighted, thoroughly attractive and homelike 
