
Friday, January 13, 2012
'Hill-Stead'

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McKim Mead and White
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Dedicated to an era long gone featuring architectural photographs of houses, hotels, apartment and office buildings, civic institutions and more...many of which are no longer standing.
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I have always been bothered by the "inventive" placement of the huge bay window under the portico and the skinny pillars. But the interior is nice.
Miss Pope apparently gave no quarter in what she desired from the architects---she had a vision of a certain sort of indigenous 'old fashioned' New England farmstead, and as devoted noted, the interiors are wonderful examples of colonial revival---it's a really lovely property.
Incidentally, Philip Johnson, for those who don't know, was Miss Pope's cousin.
Why the false fireplace in the bedroom?
In the bedroom, that is a fireboard covered in the same wallpaper. It is a cover for the firebox in the summer, a practical but decorative accessory.
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