At more than five thousand square feet, this recreation of the original 19th century Queen Anne style house in Spring Lake, New Jersey, was a labor of love for the client, a celebrated mystery-writing novelist. Unfortunately, only three stained glass windows escaped the wrecking crane. All else is new, but true to the architectural zeitgeist of the place, and to a time when New Yorkers and Philadelphians of Irish descent flocked to this beachfront community for summers on the wide porches of Shingle Style grande dames.

At more than five thousand square feet, this recreation of the original 19th century Queen Anne style house in Spring Lake, New Jersey, was a labor of love for the client, a celebrated mystery-writing novelist. Unfortunately, only three stained glass windows escaped the wrecking crane. All else is new, but true to the architectural zeitgeist of the place, and to a time when New Yorkers and Philadelphians of Irish descent flocked to this beachfront community for summers on the wide porches of Shingle Style grande dames.

At more than five thousand square feet, this recreation of the original 19th century Queen Anne style house in Spring Lake, New Jersey, was a labor of love for the client, a celebrated mystery-writing novelist. Unfortunately, only three stained glass windows escaped the wrecking crane. All else is new, but true to the architectural zeitgeist of the place, and to a time when New Yorkers and Philadelphians of Irish descent flocked to this beachfront community for summers on the wide porches of Shingle Style grande dames.

At more than five thousand square feet, this recreation of the original 19th century Queen Anne style house in Spring Lake, New Jersey, was a labor of love for the client, a celebrated mystery-writing novelist. Unfortunately, only three stained glass windows escaped the wrecking crane. All else is new, but true to the architectural zeitgeist of the place, and to a time when New Yorkers and Philadelphians of Irish descent flocked to this beachfront community for summers on the wide porches of Shingle Style grande dames.

At more than five thousand square feet, this recreation of the original 19th century Queen Anne style house in Spring Lake, New Jersey, was a labor of love for the client, a celebrated mystery-writing novelist. Unfortunately, only three stained glass windows escaped the wrecking crane. All else is new, but true to the architectural zeitgeist of the place, and to a time when New Yorkers and Philadelphians of Irish descent flocked to this beachfront community for summers on the wide porches of Shingle Style grande dames.

At more than five thousand square feet, this recreation of the original 19th century Queen Anne style house in Spring Lake, New Jersey, was a labor of love for the client, a celebrated mystery-writing novelist. Unfortunately, only three stained glass windows escaped the wrecking crane. All else is new, but true to the architectural zeitgeist of the place, and to a time when New Yorkers and Philadelphians of Irish descent flocked to this beachfront community for summers on the wide porches of Shingle Style grande dames.

At more than five thousand square feet, this recreation of the original 19th century Queen Anne style house in Spring Lake, New Jersey, was a labor of love for the client, a celebrated mystery-writing novelist. Unfortunately, only three stained glass windows escaped the wrecking crane. All else is new, but true to the architectural zeitgeist of the place, and to a time when New Yorkers and Philadelphians of Irish descent flocked to this beachfront community for summers on the wide porches of Shingle Style grande dames.