
Another, slightly earlier, version of Breueresque modernism, this flat-roofed house, shaped as a splayed L, uses the granite blocks of an old barn foundation for a huge chimney off one end and terrace walling. It is mostly closed toward the entrance side, with a porte-cochere on pipe supports to shelter the front door. The opposite side, mostly glazed, overlooks a bowl-like slope down to a pond. Wartime shortages are reflected inside in walls and cabinetry of cleanly detailed plywood, which shows its age. Such houses are especially vulnerable to renovation. This one deserves preservation as a handsomely modest example of its type—a hopeful image for a time which strove to incorporate the best of what was modern with the best of a regional vernacular.