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The Halone House reflects Alex Halone's artistry in stonework, with a variety of fanciful masonry treatments. At its core, the house is an approximately square two–story house, built in square sandstone, with a hipped roof. To the front, a porch has been added in very rough travertine stone with a
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The log sauna was built late in Alex Halone's life over several years with the help of his son Eugene and a fellow
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for his family, for whom he sent instructions to join him in
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