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Rocks abound throughout the region in fields, streams, and forest glens, and they were incorporated into structures and stone walls lining roadways and delineating old pastureland. In the hands of skilled craftsmen they became works of art. A handsome 1911 building in Millbrook, built by Rodrigo Ciferri, who had learned the trade in his native Italy, was called "an honor to the town" by Rev. J. Edward Lyall in 1913. Millbrook has many examples of extraordinary stone masonry, much of it by the Ciferri family, whose company advertised its skill with the phrase "Rough Stonework a Specialty." Neighboring estates feature exceptional stonework, including beautifully crafted entries, gatehouses and houses, bridges, barns, and garden walls like the one shown at the H. H. Flagler estate in 1922-23.
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Millbrook, New York · United States
