The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-05-10
THE CABIN HOME THAT D0RSEI
 BUILDS
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 ary to d desctp p'ian e lrs.s 'cs cabin n Nes Mexico. Hh h De, buIldiE. fer hl.n. The situation 1s one of .he u.osi 5eaut.tai n na.lse ,o'faN county. n northwestern New MeN3eo. Is sn elevated piateAa atmesi asH. 4l .n area wi;h tae s.a'e z, I4ssa zAase,ss. The Falo .l;a estate eommoa.y esaed Dorsey : rzn ! 3s .4.aa.ed tlmoSt exactly in the middle oi t lne whole country Is enc baanalsss aas. 4nhioken meadow The ezla.e proper consists sf ap9G. 2Aooo aeies. n more .han a huuare4 locations covering ihe spu1gs that eaa:T the pas:urass oi mere = .a . fllsaoa re> Dorsey nome raneA al> pi a:e Y aper,. and no, lneia = n iae i.!3 <e esfa'e called t4c del Monte moGGtan sprss-
 is situated en an elsf saon aaaiaA4ld ing s3ew oi t5most thr tAcie county. l. ss neSi to impossible to convey he proper noiion ct western scenery = pe3- pie urf4uillar with he op,l-.i effet;s oi ouI r;-tiiied atmosphere. To =, tha, when the a.r .s w4rmed hv the sun. be- tween the nouTs oi n4.ac and four 4 Ln.v four mics distant wlIl took larger. tl4au n the outlines oi .he fsfn Nil be iade mi. e. than c1e len paCes of. is to Assefi that eastern aee pie save perhaps t lea @ the coast have nc, the data Tn ,heir tN- perience io vef.iy. Il seems impossible To state thaf one ean stand upon tic veranda = DoTses's residence IT ;he balmy morning aua gaze acrass endless meadows. upon moantain ranges ISo, miles awsy and see he pe k tawet IF inio the eloa2=. ls le enaaaeei sg.l sfedi- biiity by m assertion n amos; makes imagination flat. .n se ,. d eeaass, n the midst of :. seeaess IT aa e3et atea position. yet sheltered - solemn anrs ana guaf.e1 aHa st8 eed4rs. vii be. situated the sumner nome oi U 5etsol He has lafe.f ac-ome oart aNuer ot he F4lo Alb estate. 8ai, h. Wi.h .,s 45.o2o head .; grade .t;ie. is 14iUei Il Sz. .ooo oa Inc house ~!i. he neal o eel Nome th 1.' ls. ! fes r1iies fsAy. Everythins k near - ,. .e,...s;. 5, ,sl4e,e the natural roads ale as moo.k= tracks and horses 4re as plentiful a. chickens.
 The nuil4:aE or !et l. ' oaadirss. for II Is d 1resi custer ~iil be some thing unique T architecture. and l shall be greatly disappointed if tn. general plan is rot soon extensively cepiea IF New England. where Inc material abounds 1T proius.on and Ahere ia.eifu things n architecture are no~ the rage Nothing more perfectly delightful for A seaside residence could be devised. especially for spots where land Is cheap Its size will be commensurate with the general proportions of the man and the boundless hospitality for wh.oh hls hearth has always been famous.
 Ingersoll's immediate family eea sis,s of but four persons. wife and two daughters, but l am told tha, he rarely sits down 10 d meal with less ,han dozen about his table, and frequently that numbe. IS doubled. His New Mexico residence will accommodate thirty persons, exclusive 0f servants. without erowding. He expects. as | understand. to occupy !; from June to November of each year. and ' ls ms pur- pose to withdraw himself SO tar from legal practice as io De able to devote that much of each year io the preparation oi cal topics which he has long conieu.- plated.
 Learning that Mir \. H. Young. of Raton, was the archi.ec. IT. charge called or him 10 obtain some facts for publication and was permitted to take draft of the plan. which send for re- production in ObiHioa. To set the pro portions ught make me distance around the ,eranda g4o feet Formed in;o one rectangular building. this would make a house 5oo feet long by 80 feet wide You will thus be enabled to Iud se of ,he amount of space under roof
 When do you expec; to have Colonel lpgcrsoll's house ready for occupancy ~ inquired Of he architect.
 l" By the lsi of luly.'
 ]. Tell me how 1t vii be finished-iei, me all about it.
 Well, :, will be built of logs entirely. on stone foundation. and l. vii take twenty-five workmen from now until ;he time mentioned ,o finish II. ffery l0s will have the bark sciaped nearly smooth, bu, lefi on.eand then the whole will be oiled. The ras..c efec, will be carried odt 6y r al,ing esen the sindow frames Of slabs. with the park or. ana al the doors will be of uniqae pa:.ern. As for the windows they will be ot Il shapes and sizes. these n TO two rooms being a4fAC, ant ssa-lS- eAcoS VIII DC aa0effs.-t y used. The iogI- and such ef the rooms tha, are not la,hed and pIas,ered. aill be done in rao.ntsin mahogany and kard pine, s~o kinds phe- growing n the vicinity. No pant whatever Al! = ased about the building, b.; all the wood work wiIl be treated wi.h not ol. The chimneys, os which there w-ill be many, both in groups and scattered, will = of stone and red brick Some will De inside and others entirely outside the house, as may best serve effects n the general log-cabin des.gn oi the buildings Every large room-and you see how numerous they will be-has a spacious fireplace for wood. With the exception of the octagonal room, which will De thirty feet high and have aa observatory above all the buildings lyou perceive Il is not one building, but a numerous and grotesque tumble. all connected will te but one story high. The roots will be steep, semi-Gothic, painted gule red, which I think. with all the clustering