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designed doorway, the 
like of which a student 
ofColonial architecture 
would travel far to see. 
This house and those 
of John E. Hayward, 
near Pocomoke City, 
and “ Baldt Farm ” 
near Westover are ex¬ 
amples of somewhat 
the same characteristic 
style, the happy effect 
of which depends upon 
simple and good pro¬ 
portions and the color 
afforded by their excel¬ 
lent brickwork. As in 
many cases through the 
South, we find “ Baldt 
Farm ” disfigured by a 
modern porch. The 
charming mansion of 
“ Ratcliffe Manor ” 
near Easton, Talbot 
County, Maryland, 
seems to be a some¬ 
what later and elabo¬ 
rate example of the 
kind, with an addition 
which suggests modern 
cottage architecture. 
This is the present resi- 
denceofthe Hollidays, 
and was the homestead 
of the Bartlett family. 
The house was origi¬ 
nally surrounded by a 
farm of nearly a thou¬ 
sand acres. The house 
of Clement Sulivane at 
Cambridge, Dorches¬ 
ter County, Maryland, 
is a striking example of 
a somewhat different 
style of mansion, ex¬ 
tremely characteristic 
of the Eastern Shore. 
It is a low rectangular 
wooden structure, the 
entrance hall of which 
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