Some West Marlborough neighbors are installing two lovely stone walls flanking their driveway. I've been watching the craftsmen from Steinbauten Artistry in Stone working through the stages from a ditch in the ground, through a cinderblock skeletons, to the stonework, mortar and decorative cones atop the pillars. They are making it look like it's been there for years rather than days.
The other morning as I was driving by I saw my friend Chuck Ginty consulting with the stone mason and stopped to chat. Chuck, a restoration specialist who focuses on historic properties (he is doing the mill at Blow Horn), told me that the house was designed by Philadelphia architect Arthur Ingersoll Meigs. Chuck managed to track down photos of a gate at another Meigs property and had it replicated here.
Meigs (Princeton class of 1903) was known for "country residences designed in styles which were popular at the time, i.e., the Pennsylvania farmhouse, the Cotswold, and the Norman farmhouse styles. Meigs's family and social connections aided in their gaining clients both in the residential field and for clubs, such as the Princeton Charter Club and the Radnor Hunt Club," according to the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings website.
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