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American architecture (1892)

Schuyler, Montgomery, 1843-1914 · New York, Harper & Brothers · leaf 106

An illustration from American architecture, 1892, leaf 106
ace topreach in. If that alone were its purpose, it would bebest fulfilled by an enclosed and unobstructed space,extending to the limits of the carrying power of thehuman voice. But such an erection would resemblea mediaeval cathedral much less than it would resemblea modern rink. In truth, the… … n- fur WEST ELEVATION. AN AMERICAN CATHEDRAL ^-, to be the centre of congregational worship. The oldcathedrals are most admirably adapted to be the thea-tres of ecclesiastical processions and pageants; and al-though the Episcopal Church has a more highly devel-oped ritual than any other Protestant…

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