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Good houses, 3rd ed. (1922)

Russell F. Whitehead · Weyerhaeuser Forest Products · leaf 18

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more than ever a thing of virtue, preach-ing economy by the roadside. This houseembodies all the virtues we should like toemulate; rigid economy, dignity, goodtaste, good proportion, refinement, honestyand, in spite of austerity, charm. HOUSE OF THE COAST TOWN TYPE—NEW ENGLAND COLONIAL STYLE… … First Floor Plan SOME authorities claim that the originof classic Greek forms, from which theColonial style in America was developed,were derived from simple timber architec-ture. According to this theory, the col-umns were tree trunks, the architrave awooden girder, the triglyphs the ends ofbeams…

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