House iff Garden 
SANFORD PLACE 
earned upon the high seas, and her carpenters 
were skilled in ship framing and in figurehead 
carving. It is not strange, therefore, that the 
houses of the captains were shiplike,—staunch, 
modestly small, prettily paneled and corniced, 
and neat to the last degree. They were placed 
MAIN PATH, Looking toward the Stable Yard 
ot Nantucket, for there are present in them 
no striking characteristics of design or excel¬ 
lencies of architectural detail which can com¬ 
pare with many a garden upon the mainland. 
Nantucket was the home of seafaring men. 
The moneys which built her houses were 
