September, 1920 
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Taylor 
AN ARCHITECTURE 
It is difficult to imagine that this typical small 
English manor house architecture covers what 
once was an 1840 design. The home of Guido 
A. Doering, it stands on a picturesque spot in 
St. Louis overlooking the Mississippi. The 
architects clothed the frame of the old house 
with new walls, altered windows and doors, 
FOR REMODELING 
changed the roof and added a wing or two. 
The transformation is remarkably successful. 
Stucco and half-timber lend themselves ad¬ 
mirably to remodeling work of this character. 
Local limestone has been used and solid heavy 
timbers dowelled and tenoned. Study & Far¬ 
rar were the architects of the remodeling 
