June, 1918 
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THE 
RESIDENCE of 
A.C.FRASER ,Esq. 
RIDGEFIELD, 
CONN. 
GROSVENOR ATTERBURY 
and. 
JOHN A. TOMPKINS, 
Associated Architects 
The entrance is on the 
north side and leads to 
a broad tiled hall ter¬ 
minating in the south 
loggia. This loggia, as 
well as the principal 
windows of the living 
room and dining room, 
commands a beautiful 
view of the distant hills 
with a lake gleaming in 
the foreground 
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An air of ruggedness is lent the house by the field 
stone walls which also give a point of contact with 
the setting. This in some parts is softened by 
half timber work. The house is so placed on the 
hillside that a natural sunken garden is obtained 
at either end. The dining room porch overlooks 
one of these gardens and the living room terrace 
the other. Each garden has a wooded background 
Gillies 
The house is placed on the highest elevation of a 
300-acre estate and commands an extended view 
toward the south. The roof is of red tiles and the 
exterior walls of stone found on the premises. 
While the silhouette of the roof line is sufficiently 
broken and picturesque for a hilltop site, there is 
a balance in the disposition and proportion of the 
gable ends and the low eave lines that is restful 
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