An architectural monograph on some old houses on the southern coast of Maine (1918)
Walker, Charles Howard, 1857-1936, Whitehead, Russell F. (Russell Fenimore), 1884-1954 · [Saint Paul, White Pine Bureau] · leaf 13
originates as aone-storied style, it progresses as a two-storiedstyle, and later still more stories are added. Thedifficulty of adding these stories successfully in-creases geometrically with the increasing numberof stories. This must necessarily be the case, aswith the addition of each story the… … THE ABIEL WOOD HOUSE, WISCASSET, MAINE.Simple and well proportioned. the distinct intention of outdoing the Nickelshouse, but had to practise economy, and, takingseveral years to complete the house, omitted thepilaster treatment; yet the house is bettered in itsproportions, especially in those of…
Architecture, Domestic · Architecture, Colonial
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