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voir formerly used for storage 
of rainwater; this was con¬ 
nected with the cellar and now 
forms a wonderful mushroom 
cellar. 
In order to make the hayloft 
available for bedrooms, dormer 
windows and gables were cut 
in the roof on the south side 
and six well lighted bedrooms 
and two baths were obtained, 
otherwise the original roof re¬ 
mained untouched on this wing 
except for the removal of two 
ventilators which were too evi¬ 
dent indicators of the original 
purpose of the building. 
By means of stud and plaster 
partitions the stall room yielded 
a kitchen, pantry, breakfast 
room, dining-room and stair¬ 
way, while the box stall was 
found to suit admirably for a 
laundry. The building had not 
been used as a stable for prob¬ 
ably ten years, but the inside 
walls were all whitewashed be¬ 
fore being furred and plastered 
to prevent the possibility of any 
lingering odors suggesting the 
former occupants. The stable 
yard, enclosed by a high wall, 
was converted into a walled 
garden, and the covered porch 
which had been the carriage 
wash, when enclosed in glass 
became a spacious and livable 
piazza repaved with composi¬ 
tion paving blocks as before. 
Part of the courtyard was taken 
for a drying and kitchen yard 
and separated from the garden 
by a high wall. 
The owner, taking a keen 
pleasure in the evolution, de- 
In the tesselated hall the mantel is of carved Carrara marble adapted 
from a larger piece 
As solid supports were necessary for the additional development of 
the upper story pillars were used which suggested the vaulting in 
the hall 
cided not to hurry the work, but 
to do it gradually, so a start 
was made on the east or stable 
wing and this was completed 
and the owner living in it be¬ 
fore work on the section for¬ 
merly the carriage house or 
west wing was begun. As will 
be seen by a reference to the 
plan the east wing is a com¬ 
plete house in itself if the 
breakfast-room is used for a 
dining-room and the dining¬ 
room for a living-room. 
Six months after the work 
was started the owner moved 
into the complete east wing and 
nearly a year was taken in com¬ 
pleting the west wing. 
The west wing was a large 
square building and did not 
yield so readily as the east wing 
to its new functions, nor was it 
proportioned to the scale of the 
east wing, its massive single 
gable and bulk overbalanced 
the smaller masses and detail 
of the latter so that considerable 
structural alteration was found 
necessary. Two gables were 
made to take the place of one 
on the south, thus lowering the 
ridge of the roof to the level 
of that of the east wing. The 
width of the north wing was re¬ 
duced to form the great hall in 
better proportion. Out of the 
carriage house were evolved a 
vestibule, vaulted hall, the 
great hall, reception-room, lav¬ 
atory and stair hall on the first 
floor, and two bedrooms and 
two bathrooms on the second 
floor. 
As has been said the success 
Possibly the owner never would have had the enjoyment of a great hall 
had it not been rendered available by his scheme of remodeling 
Practically all this woodwork was collected piece by piece and enough 
consistent detail was found to combine in this screen and gallery 
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