An architectural monograph on colonial cottages (1915)
Chandler, Joseph Everett, Whitehead, Russell F. (Russell Fenimore), 1884-1954 · [Saint Paul, White pine bureau] · leaf 7
olonists, instead of oak the colo-nists used the strong, easily worked, compara-tively light and entirely durable white pine, thebest of the plentiful native woods. The mass ofthe house as well as the details was studied bytheircraftsmen-builders; witnessthemanycaseswhere they were built with… … DETAIL OF OLD BKOWN HOUbE,HAMILTON, MASSACHUSETTS Theoverhang is unusual in bein^ a framed end showing end-girl molded and chamfered. This is a fine type of dropornament depending from the posts framed into the projectingsecond end-girt. The House of the Seven Gables in Salemwas found to be similar…
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