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of Water Supply 
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The Best Use of Stone Work 
(Continued from page 39) 
will be-fully convinced that the keynote of 
the successful treatment of stonework is 
naturalness and simplicity, as opposed to 
distortion and labored artificiality. 
Almost as objectionable as the “hammer 
dressed” rubble distortion is the wall faced 
with squared pitch-faced stone. By “pitch¬ 
faced” masonry we mean that in which the 
face of the stones is roughly dressed so as 
to make the front of the horizontal joint a 
straight line. It is used for work when a 
rugged appearance is desired without the 
extreme roughness of quarry-faced ma¬ 
sonry. The illustration shows the side wall 
of a foolish little two-story building built 
of pitch-faced chunks of the sort of gran¬ 
ite that is used in bridge piers or large 
buildings. The style is stilted and awk¬ 
ward in appearance, and has nothing to 
recommend it. 
One of the best examples of a simply 
built quarry-faced coursed rubble wall, is 
shown in one of the accompanying illus¬ 
trations. The courses are not more than 
six to eight inches in height. The color ef¬ 
fect of the iron-stained, untooled stone is 
excellent. - 
Another commendable* feature of Colo¬ 
nial masonry was that- native stone was 
perforce employed. The propriety of using 
the materials nature afforded on the spot, 
thereby securing harmony with local con¬ 
ditions, cannot be questioned. It avoided 
any jarring note of far-fetched ostenta¬ 
tion. 
Masonry, of course, should be adapted 
to the type or purpose of the building. For 
the modest country place no more con¬ 
sistent style of stonework can be found 
than the Colonial. It is unpretentious and 
thoroughly honest. Not many of us are 
multi-millionaires who can afford to build 
palatial seats such as have sprung up in 
some parts of the country, but great num¬ 
bers can and do build cheerful, unostenta¬ 
tious, livable homes. For homes such as 
these, Colonial masonry is thoroughly in 
keeping. This paper aims in no way to 
decry the use of other styles of masonry in 
the proper place, but only advocates the 
faithful adherence to Colonial principles 
where they are manifestly suitable. It is 
only a plea for sanity and simplicity, and 
avoidance of fantastic conspicuousness. 
For great country seats, for large town 
houses, for public buildings of any sort’, 
carefully cut and imported stone is a necesi-. 
sity, and masonry of Colonial type would 
be painfully incongruous. Finally, the ele¬ 
ment of cheapness, insured by using what 
is near at hand, is not to be despised. 
A few words of caution to the intending 
homebuilder will not be out of place. Study 
the stonework around you and elsewhere 
before you build, and take time to make up 
your mind as to exactly what you wish. 
Insist that the architect show you in his 
drawings exactly the appearance of the 
masonry to be stipulated in the specifica¬ 
tions. Then, when all else is decided, 
watch the builders like a hawk, not trust- 
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