" And I guess the first question is what is known -- mean. It's our native American Indian word it's actually renowned take Indians lived with in what is now Salem when mr. child the builder grew up. I see so he named it after his hometown or the Indians from his hometown -- And use of a lot of local material would. And adorn hers -- you've got replication of design elements that temptation of the copper gutters running along and horizontal lines little soft to. That you see in the gutter which is picking up on the -- to that he's got on the shingles all around yet but when you look at the the sides of the gable -- it's almost like fish scales going up up and down sides that. We've also got the way that the roofline curves up into the farmers and out very flowing lines. You know that's really for a house that says wants to be a cottage that's a very sophisticated looking dormer they're almost looks like. Something off of a French castle that's true. Through now the idea -- these houses wisdom beyond pretentious right."

" That's correct as a place to come to from the city to escape the city heat in the summertime to me and relax in the -- that usually from may to October."

" And we chose to start our tour by looking at this western facade which is. The side of the house that the family would have enjoyed you've got that the terrorists there in the permanent -- hash out yeah -- relax in the afternoon to watch the sunset exactly -- and how credible this step. The Berkshire hills. But let's walk around now so that we can take a look at the facade that presented itself to the visitor where people can and that's right. So you come to the side of the house and it's a totally different. Design. That's removed away from the shingle style on the west side to a Norman style castle how do you explain it."

" Stanford white the architect who just returned from the honeymoon when he designed this house hunted toured through. European Norman keeps English manor -- was bringing those ideas here for the troops home so he convinces them to tennis switch gears in midstream."

" What a dork. Solid out. The bronze -- perfect. So this is -- central hall and the staircase allowed the red here's this great this carpet that the panel is."

" Also saw hand carved American out the balusters and railings. Leading up to the arched windows as the stretches all the way to the third floor and not only is it beautiful and sculptural and it's functional allows air to pass through the house."

" And warm summer evening -- and over the detailing so exciting is -- it's the gilded age it's. A wealthy family from the city coming to the country but they're bringing with them the high style of New York I mean. The term earnings on the on the open now balusters. In the paneling throughout that's true tell us about the the over mantle here is that also."

" There's all that you -- carving of the smoke could."

" Combined with a false ceiling beams and giving the sense that an English country home death. And again he would that the architect has just come back from touring. Norman England and France and eases Minas -- of these little -- in -- are those the original land acts yes -- in New York City. "

" We've just -- such heavy -- yeah and."

" And in that sense that there the fireplace -- would -- welcome so that the plan of the house seems to be relatively cozy. It's already here you can into the front door guests are welcomed and."

" And the main rounds here the dining room off to the right yeah."

" It sumptuous but the scale of it is is. Someone Internet it's intimate yet and the colors are interesting now is this really 1880s."

" Well it's a combination of 1880 Stanford white's work with a table and chairs the paneling the carving around the mantle. Then the daughter -- showed inherits the house in 1929. And then she make some changes."

" The fabric on the walls the gold fabric which was. Her edition. But a lot of the furnishings must decide board looks like early nineteenth century but taking ten from New York City. Tell us a little bit about the walls and ceiling they're very and you. -- paper was put -- by enabled showed the daughter this Japanese -- paper -- tin ceiling know it's from -- to time -- time it's part of his addition to the house and what is the point of a -- reflective reflective reflecting candlelight at -- members no electricity in the house has built -- candlelight too polite to house up for -- marvelous what's behind that incredible tooled -- screen there in the corner that -- into the butler's pantry that -- room for the house was completely furnished and last -- as -- the rest of the house. All of that here today because of the generosity of naval -- daughter. Who left the house to the trustees of reservations on her death in 1958 so my house is open in the summer. That's right NATO October fabulous all right now what's across the hall but leads into the library. And it looks like an everyday cozy room doesn't it. This is a place to gather in the afternoon -- Cho would have our friends in fourteen. Place to read any of the first edition murder mysteries yet. And thanks to relax and she lived here until the 1950s you said that's right so she was living in the house for over seventy years and during that time she's putting together -- collection of over 500 pieces of Chinese export porcelain while. One example the collecting that she did while now OK so that's something that's scattered about the entire house you'll find it everywhere yes. And yet you get the murder mysteries from the thirties and forties right in this room -- first editions beautiful mahogany paneling in here. Great fireplace and then what's the the the other side is more formal room -- the adjoining drawing round of formal setting world. Yes yes you can see -- place. Guests would gather here in the afternoon are pretty sumptuous room well certainly as a place to entertaining guests after dinner is that water for. It is on the crystal and the the rug looks like an -- song from France French of the song all the best things right."