“Mohican Cottage" 
their different occupations, entrances 
from all directions have been provided. 
The house is treated in the style 
characteristic of country residences of 
colonial New York and New England. 
The plan is rather unusual in the 
manner in which it is worked out with 
reference to the axes of the wings, not 
an easy matter to accomplish when 
openings ol the different stories are 
to be kept directly over each other. 
Each wing, with the exception of that 
containing the kitchen, terminates in 
an Ionic portico, with columns extend¬ 
ing to the roof and supporting a pedi¬ 
ment gable. These columns rest on 
a wide thick white marble coping, 
forming the border ol the porticoes. The 
frame walls of the house are covered with 
clapboards ol a special size, showing nine 
inches of face to the weather and with butts 
PLAN OF THE FIRST FLOOR 
i % inches thick. The roof is covered with 
split cypress shingles, seven inches to the 
weather, treated with bleaching oil, and 
terminates in a heavy modillioned cornice. 
28 
