The 1890s “country cottage” was built for the Heather sisters by architect William Clark Bull. Bull built a grand 10,000 square-foot, intricately gabled, wood-frame mansion for the sisters. Three stories high, surrounded by beefy ashlar granite terraces and pretty formal gardens, it overlooked the picturesque river and the nearby farm’s sloping pastures and barns.
Rescue of a historic wreck kindles a couple’s love
By Anita Rafael