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Domestic architecture of the American colonies and of the early republic,

Kimball, Fiske, 1888-1955, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). Committee on Education · 1922 · New York, C. Scribner's Sons · 225 pictures

An architectural history of American colonial and Federal houses by Fiske Kimball, published in New York by Scribner's in 1922 under the Metropolitan Museum's education committee, written for students, architects and preservationists. Halftone photographs of standing houses alternate with reproduced measured drawings and original elevations, giving designers facade studies, doorway and portico details, plans, and grainy sepia street views framed by bare trees.

Architecture, Domestic · Architecture, Colonial · Historic buildings

Internet Archive · Public Domain Mark 1.0