A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 58
odern buildings, as in the BowerySavings Bank, New York City, the intercolumiiia-tion in the middle is very wide, the two columnsbeing set close to the ant;e so as to allow of abroad and unencumbered entrance. (Cut, col. f<l.) ANTISTATES ; architect. According to Vitruvius (VII., prief. 75)… … A niridcm one in Paris, in the qu.irtcr near theS. Lazare Station. The fa(;a(le is at imee moreflorid tlian i.s customary in Iaris, witli more elalj-orate carving anil wrought iron worlt, and alsomore stalely, probably by reason of the order of AlAKTMEiNT HOUSE jiilasters, which faces two stories…
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