We decided to infuse the house with a well-blended, eclectic character. We looked for inspiration from the work of American-born Henry Hobson Richardson, a predecessor of Loyd Wright. Richardson traveled to Paris in 1860 and was the second United States citizen to attend the prestigious École des Beaux-Arts. His work, including the famed Trinity Church of Copley Square in Boston, possesses a distinctly medieval flair. Fairfax and Sammons also drew inspiration from the structure of St. Paul’s Church in London’s Covent Garden and the work of Ernest Newtown, an English Renaissance architect who believed that a house should melt into its surroundings. With a final hint taken from the American Colonial Revival movement, Fairfax & Sammons had their blueprint.”