Hood, 04/00. The "Classic"! How to build a "Rumford" fireplace. From the Publisher: Vrest Orton loved the five fireplaces in his 1828 Federal brick house in Weston, Vermont because of their architectural beauty and because of the enormous amount of heat they produced without letting smoke into the rooms. In... More about Forgotten Art of Building a Good Fireplace, The Story of Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, an...