Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 137
THE COUNTRY HOUSE 121 every wise man will seek for in a country house, is, of course, more easily secured by elevated site ; and the old closed cesspool is giving way to one which shall serve as the distributing reservoir for a sys- tem of subsurface … ness aS AVell aS Warmtll in Win- Staircase in Wadsworth House, Geneseo. ter, and best protection of all against fierce sunbeats. If house walls are not wholly of stone, multi- tudes show that bold use of it in the ground-story which has gone perhaps to make it too popular ; by this I mean that its…
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