Jumat, 09 Juni 2017

Supremely Gothic: Roseland Cottage

Roseland Cottage is a palace of illusion built by a pious influence peddler who wrapped himself in the flag. ON A SUMMER EVENING in 1870 —the Fourth of July, to be exact—Henry C. Bowen, and his wife, Ellen, hosted a party at their cottage in Woodstock, Conn., a country town that even today has a …

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