Chapter I: The Tobey House

[98] Title to the property on which the house was built remained in
Michael and Belinda Straight.

[99] "A New House with Young Ideas," _House and Garden_, December
1958.

[100] David Condon, AIA, interview December 12, 1969. Initially it was
proposed to locate the house with its back to a line of trees
separating the upper and lower portions of the pasture west of
the main farm house. This would have taken advantage of the
view to the west of the house, considered to be its best view.
Ultimately, however, the house was located in the lower
pasture, closer to the Little River Turnpike but screened from
the highway by a line of trees planted for that purpose.

[101] _Ibid._ This is the opinion of David Condon, who served as
architect for both the original building and its subsequent
addition. He notes that the building's style was rare in the
Eastern United States, although it had appeared and was
popular on the West Coast.