Croly, Herbert David, 1869-1930 · New York, Duffield & Company · leaf 255
architecturalmerits. In spite of certain resemblances to other hand-some American houses, these two buildings belongin one sense thoroughly to their architect, just asthey belong in another sense thoroughly to theirowners. Their style differs not only from any speci-fic historic precedent, but from… … AN ITALIAN HALLWAY design, as should be the case in adaptations of oldforms to new uses. A chapter on old forms would be incompletewithout some remarks on that style of architecturecommonly known as Colonial. That the arts andsciences follow civilisation was never more con-clusively illustrated…
Architecture, Domestic · Interior decoration
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