The veranda also includes sumptuous lounge areas, while the second - story balconies and third - story cupola boast the villa's most privileged vistas.
When it opened in 1957, the Robert Ridgefield Library had been the tallest building in Ridgefield - a nine - story neoclassical behemoth of granite and glass, columns and cornices, with an incongruous cupola perched uncomfortably on top.