Early B&W Pictures:  The Stone House   Interior   Construction  The Builder   Early Family  Garden Pictures

Early Slides: Background  Spring in the Garden  Other Seasons  Propagation  Specimens The Stone House

Introduction


Building the Stone House in Springfield



    In
    1941, Bob built this one bedroom cottage as a place for the family
    to live while he built the big house, and to see if his newly
    acquired masonry technique would work. But then war put a stop
    to everything for five years. Bob is thirty here, Betty twenty-eight,
    and Nancy three. I won't be born for two years.
 

    

A model for the stone house, made in in 1940 This view is from the back of the house. The narrow wing on the right was not built. A larger bedroom wing, coming forward, was added instead (below right).

Left--a new house and a new car. The first phase of the house (central portion) is finished. Right--The house is complete. Next a large geometric garden with brick pathways will fill the foreground.