The mansion was originally designed to be approached from the river. Today one enters from the north and passes through wrought-iron gates presumed to be made in London in the shop of Thomas Robinson. This elegant home is set in parklike surroundings. The roof rises sharply forming a ridge, including rows of hipped dormers and two sets of chimneys on either side of the structure. The eye falls to a cornice with dentils and below this a belt course draws the eye to the entrance. The windows are spanned by brick arches, with glass cut to fit the arches. The windows diminish proportionately in size on the second floor. Coupled with the steep roof line, this creates an illusion of greater height (fig. 11; slides 10, 11).

Materials Used: Clapboard—painted blue, green, salmon or yellow. Brickwork in either a rose or salmon color, laid in Flemish-bond, a pattern of laying bricks, header (short side) to stretcher (long side), in one row. English bond, a pattern of alternating layers of brick, header to stretcher. Fieldstone was used in the Hudson Valley and rural Pennsylvania.