A mid-century gem by architects Frederick Taylor Gates and Russell Ford

This conversion from a fifty-year-old white elephant to a modern home points up the temptations of re- modeling: once started, it may be hard to stop. But it also shows that tearing down and building anew, using old foundations and flooring is justified: in this case because of the fine property in the rolling Connecticut countryside, the exceptional landscaping, a neighborhood of good friends, and the lower main- tenance costs and easier upkeep of a new house. The story begins with an uncomfortable, nondescript house. As an experiment, the owners added a modern living room wing, linked to the old house by a corridor that doubles as a sun room. This first step was a prophetic one. The owners so enjoyed their modern living room (glass walls on three sides, a great fieldstone fireplace, a fine feeling of light and air and uncluttered space) that they soon decided to tear down the old house and build a one-story house with the modern wing as its nucleus. Result: a handsome new home on a familiar and long cherished site.

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source: House and Garden Magazine | January 1956