A HUNTING LODGE 
AT AIKEN, S. C. 
Reconstructed and enlarged by Carrere & Hastings, Architects 
FOR THE LATE WlLLIAM C. WHITNEY 
A T a time when the beauty of old dwell¬ 
ings is so often dwelt upon, the credit 
given modern ones is all too scant. If the 
artistic merit of any new work placed beside 
the old is infrequent, then when success it at¬ 
tained it cannot be overpraised. The house 
to which these additions have been made was 
old, and it was also so mediocre as to arouse 
little enthusiasm in the mind of any designer 
called upon to extend and develop it. Yet 
the superiority of the new is undeniable and 
the additions may readily stand upon their 
own merits as an interesting architectural 
performance. Under such conditions re¬ 
straint is necessarily the keynote of design. 
Attempts to change the old house were con¬ 
fined to interior alterations, to new columns 
and entablature for the veranda and to a rich 
doorway placed at the carriage entrance. 
This feature, it may be observed, displays 
considerable freedom of design and bears 
upon examination much exquisite architec¬ 
tural detail. 
From either corner of the house extend 
colonnades giving access to the new one- 
storey wings, two in number, and containing 
living and guest rooms. These wings are 
so placed at each end of the old house, and 
at right angles with it, as to entirely enclose 
the garden. This is entirely new and is laid 
out in rather broad parterres and is crossed 
by two wide paved paths, meeting at a 
cemented tank in the center. The minor 
paths are of gravel, which contrasts piquantly 
THE FORECOURT AND THE CARRIAGE ENTRANCE 
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