Croly, Herbert David, 1869-1930 · New York, Duffield & Company · leaf 94
the finestdwellings of which belong to an aristocratic classwith certain common traditions, as to the mannerand symbols of their domestic life. In such cases thehouse will require only an impressive impersonalityof efTect, which is attainable by an architect. ButAmericans are individuals before… … HOUSE AND TERRACE, FAULKNER FARM HOUSES FOR TOWN OR COUNTRY that a good architect has either had too much or toolittle to do with them. In the former case the effect,however beautiful, is necessarily impersonal andperhaps a little frigid,—as if the fire had gone outon the aesthetic hearth, or the…
Architecture, Domestic · Interior decoration
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