Rock On With A
Rustic Stone Fireplace!

Many  of the rustic stone fireplace designs created today  were inspired by the picturesque and roman-
tic  architectural  style of the Adirondack Mountain region  in  upstate  New  York  between 1870-1930.
The  Adirondack Style,  as  it  came  to  be  known,
utilized  rustic  hand-hewn  logs and tree branches,
often  in their natural state,  in both structural and decorative ways.

Monumental  fireplaces  were  skillfully crafted  from  rugged stones and boul-
ders gathered on site.

During  the  latter 19th and early 20th centuries,  the  Adirondacks became a fashionable   summer  retreat  and  at-
tracted  some  of America's wealthiest families.  Sprawling compounds, called Great Camps, were  built for Morgans, Vanderbilts, Whitneys, Carnegies, and Rockefellers  in  densely  wooded  set-
tings.

The  most  spectacular  Great Camp was a 68 building complex called Top-
ridge. Built in the 1920s for cereal heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post, the main lodge boasts a living room 80 feet wide by 100 feet long.     Massive timber beams support the 30 foot high ceiling.  Anchoring each end of the room is an enormous walk-in fireplace made of stone. (see photo below)

While the striking present-day rustic stone fireplace designs pictured below may not be quite as massive as the walk-in hearth above,  they do, never-
theless, have a very commanding presence.   Whether crafted from granite (top row, below)  or fieldstone (bottom row, below),  they make a powerful design statement.

The  Adirondack Style  represents  a uniquely American innovation. Roman-
tic evocations of a pioneer past, the camps  erected  in  the  Adirondacks were  unlike any buildings created be-
fore.

Since its inception, the rustic and pic-
turesque style of the Adirondacks has spread  to  many other regions of the country . . . . .

and continues to be as popular as ev-
er for homes in mountainous, wooded, and waterside settings.

For more information about any of the  rustic hearths pictured above, please  let us know  and  we'll  be happy to provide it for you.

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