Email: Betsy Baker, 24 November 2015... [Blair] designed and built that house almost single-handedly.  He got the cellar and foundation in before having to go off to war -- it was covered with tar paper for some years. He ordered the lumber and let it lie on the property to cure for at least a year so he wouldn't be building with green lumber that would shrink. He drew up the plans himself -- they were so detailed that the family joked he'd drawn every nail! He had two light switch panels that could turn on and off all the downstairs lights -- one in the hall near the front door and master bedroom an done at the far end of the living room, nearer the back door, so nobody would have to traipse all over the house to turn off the lights before leaving or going to bed. It was a well-thought out, livable house with what were then the latest amenities -- sunken living room, picture window, wall-to-wall carpeting. He worked tirelessly on it, nights and weekends, until it was finished. We were all enormously impressed by his initiative, industry and accomplishment.