Dale Stuart hired architect Clarence B. Kearfoot, Sr. of Bristol to design the house.  He was later to design the King’s Mountain Hospital in Bristol, and the Appalachian Hotel (now the Towers) in Appalachia, Va.  It took Mr. Kearfoot several days to make his way from Bristol to Elk Garden.  He designed a magnificent house with a Federal styled main body, and a Greek Revival portico.  It was finished in 1913. 

            Henry Carter took the basic plans for Rosedale East, and modified them to build Rosedale West, which was completed about 1914-1915 (earlier reports give the date as 1909).  The house had fourteen chimneys.  The floors were of highly polished black walnut.

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