HISTORIC PROPERTIES
– Roper House
South Carolina
– Edgewater
New York
– Millford Plantation
South Carolina
– Ayr Mount
North Carolina
– George F. Baker Houses
New York
– Estate Cane Garden
St. Croix
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Barrytown, New York
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Octagon Library
The spectacular Octagon Library, designed by Alexander Jackson Davis, was added to the north side of Edgewater in the early 1850’s. Robert Donaldson called it his “sanctum sanctorum.” The unusual carpet design was copied by Bill Thompson and Scalamandré from a ceiling in the Roman Baths of Pompeii.
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