A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 535
the country, and was often enq)loyed,even for churches. Higiily unsuitable as itwas either for these or for dwellings, it servedthe purpose of familiarizing the public with anorderly and harmonious assemblage of studied913 UNITED STATES architectural forms, and it was the only agencyby wiiich tliis… … United States : F:r.st Church, NewHaven, Conn. ing of both town and country houses was almostuniversally confided. This tradition had issuedin New York in a type of hou.se of moderatesize, two or, at the most, three stories high,with a half-sunk basement, a high stoop,and a roof containing an attic…
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