. American homes and gardens. Garrison House at Newburyport, Mas-sachusetts, a house that embodies in its con-struction principles radically different fromthose shown in any other old home, por-traying a type of architecture not foundanywhere else. It is generally thought to have beenerected in the first half of the seventeenthcentury, but by whom is not definitelyknown. Some authorities claim that it wasconstructed by John Spencer the younger,while others contend that it was built byJohn Spencer the elder. In all probabilityit was built by the younger Spencer, thoughit is possible it may have
. American homes and gardens. Garrison House at Newburyport, Mas-sachusetts, a house that embodies in its con-struction principles radically different fromthose shown in any other old home, por-traying a type of architecture not foundanywhere else. It is generally thought to have beenerected in the first half of the seventeenthcentury, but by whom is not definitelyknown. Some authorities claim that it wasconstructed by John Spencer the younger,while others contend that it was built byJohn Spencer the elder. In all probabilityit was built by the younger Spencer, thoughit is possible it may have been commencedby Spencer the elder, and finished by theyounger Spencer, who succeeded to his. The stair hall H. Little hired the house and farm, andten years later he purchased it. It is stillin the possession of his family. In its location, the old dwelling is mostfortunate. Broad sweeps of grassland,dotted here and there with beautiful trees,surround it on all sides, and in the distance,stretching as far as the eye can discern is thesea. The estate, of which it is a part, isof large proportions, far removed from thehighway, and the approach is along a nar-row lane that diverges from the main roadhalf a mile south of Oldtown church. Inappearance the house is wholly unchangedfrom the date of its erection. Despite itsage, it gives no hint of decay, and were itnot for the unmistakable signs of antiquity April, 1913 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 125 evident in the bricks andplaster, the great squarechimney, and other features,one might reasonably doubtthe date of constructionassigned to it. It is built of granite variedwith other kinds of stone, in-terspersed with brick, thestone or
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