The sun., 1910-12-04
HOUSES IN STONE AND BRICK
COUNTRY HOMES REtENTLi
PIF ar NEAR >FU iORk.
4 Stone Cottage nj Rhinrriir Z Lone
Island shinglr HouSr \ wrstche>trr
County Wooden ioIs>r Comp mpo>itr
nj Nrwlrtt~ TIC SmlfA style.

n, ,,.u,.,,s -. smith S,,,e
The obI"Ctinns that we've mad" ~
Thomas hastings of tho firm Of 'arTerc 4
Has,iuEs - N" us" of wood IN hns.d.ag
did not arnly - such h"uS"S ni hat ma
-rrial - III" 'wo country homes bnif ov
.-slano Aldrich and shown h.Te go
dav ~ specimens of th" aavan'ag" Of
putting up country hom" IN 'nat ~av
Mr. Hastings's ohj"etIons to wood wor"
based on tho fact that il wa= frequently
ornam"nt"i - "A d"gre" thai mad" "
moro CnStl" than brick. s'on" or conc'"''
1heso two hous'- are. however. "t 1uIi"
a different charart"r from that p"sse-s'"
by tho clah"ra'" woo""n suburban home
with its balconies. u Ehhl'". r- P'a/'a'
knd 'hr numerous other COSTLY ana "'
=rr,ing G"talis
The Long Island h'us" shown h"'" -
rather a protest nNdiilst IN" sH :"
wooden "ouurr, HON" 10 wh'n 'r
Hastings ais" strongly "nJ"'tN' ~ WI
no observed that IT - on.lt WIN me "'''
mnd" sh'hfi"~ Nh''h ue''" Wv -" ''
teristIc of house, years ag" IN mat part
of Long Island. Lhet at" no, Uifhnh"u
Ike the ordinary machine mai" shihg''
Das
other details the house maies less "ior'
70 r"Pr"di'e IN" sprN oil w" o" ho''es u"
this rc-ion h" windows Tor instance
ar" finished with N"-y 't"e "iap'a'''n
of Colonial forms IN the carved "Noo"n
sEut'"rs THIS house. me IN" "'h"-
wooden home at Mount hisco' Is "'''Sh"n
with the object "' securing IN" -''n''''i'N
81 motive that - larNIng III 80 mary
American houses
He-" there - no cpnh'na'loh "'
th"n'"S ~ impair 20 III" hotn"- '"' "'-
pearance ~ o'"r"' ''hNra'"h !S~'h"'S
thai d'sturos IN" 7"rnn1tN am ."''F
o' =" much ATchrt"c'i'e III 'hl' ''"','S
While "a" Long island house Goes '"i''"
IN IN" maternal IN Nh'nh ~ = "'''' =" WV"
~ in 'ts p'-s'~s'"nA ~ ina "hH'r"h u''h
mating dimension ~" general ''F'" "i
houses appr0pria'" 70 ~" region ~ "hVn
its stands, it stvIe - al" ~"th"r "'ih">,c'
Whether nom" /" colonial itA'at' or
English IN IN" sty'" 90 IT. aFch.t" 'ir"'
u must be first and FOREMOST uHtn"stlo
" il i to express ~" purpo@" 'oi "h'ch
II was built
This quality is pr"amtI1nriy IN" not"
of both IN" Long Island ana 'h" Mnih'
Kisco house. In" "sr"hes''' h"'h"
gains i,s purpose of standing nre"m!EeHtiT
for dom, s-.city hy means of the syinrne'ry
Of f,s lines and the simplicity OF IN" hIIid-
ing II could never he mistaken io' any
thing olse hut hom" That i's quah'y
bcspeIks r"-tfIi ara cont"h'"d nom"
is az additional chara"t"-isiic thar -
derived from the unity Of lts corpo-l-
ton The only striking ornamental detail
in the hous" - a snail porch win h l. no'
visibl" IN this r,ct;Ire This hpr-" - n
a high d"sreA r"rrc""ntatlv" Of hat kind
Of architecture thAr ia 20 h" 'h-''fed
unde- none of tho schools oth"- '.nn that
for ,.hIcn H., Use d"s'im"1 ~ " j. do
r,est.
In J:sr the deyr~c that 'h.s klri 81
hps,e looks = purposes dons = fIlh
,as 9rr. &c der.ards y - a-ol..'", -Ir"
4 -. respect a.. Italian. nn E:IgI--h or a
Cciorsai house. how"v.- well sI!,"d 10
II, site and i-s surroundings .t ina- b.
j. nevc- "a successful from tho archi.
,eo.'s point Of view - on., that can bc
tagged with the mama Of some school or
period A house may represent period
vary fairly. hut vet not look IN Vie least
like a home lris m IN" fullest possession
NJ this o,aliry -hn- a-,L,-ec-s find the
greatest artistic sIcre-s
men OF Colonial or italian or Eliza ba-hau
a-chi-, tire may nn ccr-t ~ c...,i and va.
ba infs-lpr 20 on. hat has no uaino y..
y., looks Hk. 4 hous. and rot Ik. a bar. =
~ n schooIho,i-a
:. yasln a measure this foaliny ,ha. i.I
one architect Of This clrv ~ declare rha.
his ho,I-..- belong. 20 no pcriod yr -ry!.
Inn, lis own This observation va.
hroupLr OIL, bv IN. uIe~r on Of q ellen.
--i, ore d1v DoIntad out a ualnc. r.. had
built in We.t-h~--..- cour.~
VIA. pa-lpd would yn! c,u rha.
houses~ the ellen, who wa- .r,audInp 20
buy himself and br.i,i m thai r..yhbor.
hood a.k.,i of he ro,ad ar. r.t,-a.-
The per,of. Why the r-..art %
rour..- he rsplI.d rather Condescend.
inriy -Ir Wa ONLY uu. up a year ago
and every house must be Of the period
N which II wa. bur Tha, wa. always
me q, arrh.tecrur. Otherw.s@ how
.,o,,lh "a hou-.. ACCOMPLISH IN. p,,rn,s.