Stratford Lodge 
THE HOUSE FROM THE ROAD 
Just what force it was that gave the design 
of Stratford Lodge its final form, it might be 
hard to tell. Certain it is that the farm¬ 
houses of the Welsh settlers played their 
part. Remotely, to be sure, for theirs is not 
an aggressive type. There are also many 
farmhouses of a later date nearby, yet none 
of these seem to have exerted a very direct 
influence. Perhaps it was—as indeed it 
always should be—that the materials at hand 
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dominated the expression. The same gray 
mica-schist that the settlers used is still 
quarried in the neighborhood ; and their old 
houses show how quiet and pleasant a wall it 
makes when simply laid, and when half 
covered with the broad white pointing of the 
joints. Shingles, too, are just as reasonable 
a roof covering, and just as readily had, as 
in the old days. Stone and shingle and a 
few simple mouldings, then, make up the 
THE I’ERGOI.A AND THE HOUSE 
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