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Here is a plan which is as consistent 
with its house as the house is with 
the plan. The placement of the ser¬ 
vice wing on the entrance front is a 
device first practiced by English ar¬ 
chitects, and recently popularized here 
Color and texture in materials con¬ 
tribute a forceful part in the whole 
treatment of this house. Both the local 
fieldstone, roughly squared up, and the 
graduated slate roof present a varied 
range of dull-hued natural colors 
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Few architects in 
this country have 
built any better ar¬ 
gument in favor of 
the picturesque than 
this low, rambling 
house. It has the 
dignity of an ancient 
manor house; it be¬ 
longs on its site, and 
achieves from the 
start a look of age 
