Church architecture. Illustrated with thirty-five lithographic plates, from original designs (1871)
Holly, Henry Hudson, 1834-1892 · Hartford, Conn., M. H. Mallory and Company · leaf 84
thepiece he can most conveniently alienatefrom his broad acres,—j)erhaps low, ill-drained, far from the centre of the place,and only available, not desirable, after avast exjDense in draining and grading hasbeen gone through l^y the recipients.Or, it is a barren, treeless spot on thebleak, blo^vn… … ^ ^ faucies the j)roxiuiity of the house ofGod may improve the v^alue of this orthat portiou of his property. Scarcely ever, it would seem, is thesite of tlie modern church chosen pure-ly with reference to its suitability. Somuch was this regarded in mediaevaldays, that the structure seemed rathera…
Church architecture
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