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Well before it was finished in 1935, the Richard H. Mandel house (Pl. I) was lauded by the New York Times as "a radical departure from the conventional house in plan, construction and use of materials." [1] Sited on what was originally some sixty acres with dramatic views of the Croton Reservoir (see Fig. 1), this "Modern country house," [2] as it was called in Architectural Forum, is constructed of concrete, steel, and glass following the precepts of the European-born modern idiom. It drew so much attention that by the time it was finished, the thirty-two-room dwelling had been featured in more than ten publications of various kinds--from Architectural Forum (see Fig. 3) ...