There are many unusual features about the construction. The floor plan is in the shape of an L, 58 x 52 x 38, with large rooms and high ceilings. Although one and a half stories in height, fourteen gables give ample room in the top story. The inside woodwork is of Colonial design, entirely of first growth pine, carefully finished by carpenters from Perkinsville. Eight fireplaces, two of which are especially beautiful.

The designer Lucius Page, an ingenious local carpenter/inventor, is said to have patterned it after an English country house.

Adams and Wardner were the masons and the stone, silvery grey gneiss and mica schist, was taken from a ledge one quarter mile north from the house.

With its 14 gables, small paned windows and ornate exterior wood trim it quite different in appearance from all but one of the many fine old stone houses of the vicinity.

Inside, the house has spacious rooms, high ceilings, exceptionally fine woodwork, eight fireplaces, hardware of excellent quality and, especially noticeable, arched ceilings in the hallways. Such innovations as modern heating, plumbing, kitchen and laundry facilities have been added from time to time.

In addition to the house there is a large barn, a tiny building originally used as a children’s playhouse, and a tennis court which for many years has been available for use by the young people of the neighborhood.

Glimmerstone’s beautifully landscaped grounds, set off by handsome stone walls, form a perfect setting for this gem of a house.

See other examples of Stone Houses in the area.

Reference

Dwelling from the Hills by Leon S. Gay
Glimmerstone by Mrs. Margaret Gould Owens, Vermont Life
Okemo Magazine