remained virtually untouched until the addition, in about
1950, of a kitchen to the north elevation. In 2003, the
current owners, who live with three sons in Connecticut,
commissioned Mark Finlay to completely restore the
whole property, a task requiring painstaking research
to ensure that all work would comport with every detail
of the historical site. Says Finlay, "We matched all the
original house, wherever possible, even exactly the same
brick and the same type of copper."
Finlay goes on to say of Mount Fair, "While I did the
restoration and many additions, I felt the spirit of
Campbell's era. And I wanted to capture the house,
and make it alive in the 21st century in a contemporary
way." Finlay's master plan included building a new
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