Stonlea: A Timeworn Gilded Age Survivor Transformed documents the painstaking steps involved in the preservation and renovation of this building, and describes the renovators' techniques. It specifically addresses the renovation of the fabric of the building--the various energy conserving strategies and the mechanical systems--as well as the whys and wherefores of the design, and is intended to serve as a model and inspiration for similar undertakings, regardless of size.

Stonlea is a large Colonial Revival* style summer house in New England, a vivid example of nineteenth-century resort...