The Path to the Swimming Pool 
A LONG ISLAND HOUSE AND GARDEN 
By Alice M. Kellogg 
TN the remodel- 
ing of an old 
home there is 
often a more sig¬ 
nificant expres¬ 
sion of the owner’s 
tastes than in the 
building of a new 
dwelling. This is 
evidenced in the 
house and grounds 
at Bellport, Long 
Island, belonging 
to Mr. J. B. Mott. 
As the locality 
in which this house 
is situated did not 
figure in the early 
Dutch and English 
settlements, the 
house has no claim 
on historical tradi¬ 
tions, but its ar¬ 
chitectural merit 
has been sustained 
through a century 
THE FARMHOUSE ENTRANCE 
and a half of vary¬ 
ing artistic stand¬ 
ards. 
Although it has 
received no very 
marked alteration 
from its original 
construction, nec¬ 
essary repairs have 
been made from 
time to time and 
modern convenien¬ 
ces installed. In 
removing the chim¬ 
ney work the old 
bricks were found 
to have been held 
together by a 
primitive, local 
cement made of 
powdered oyster 
shells, which had 
gradually disinte¬ 
grated and allowed 
the smoke and 
flames to come 
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