A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 114
nd. B. By extension, in the United States, any sidewall of a city house of the usual type; becau.>*e suchhouses had formerly, most often, gable roofs ))it(liedto the front and rear, the side walls being thengables. GABRIEL GABRIEL, JACQUES (I.); architect. An architect of Argeiitan (Orne,… … Gablet East Dfri i GABRIEL, JACQUES (II.); architect; d.1686. Jacques (II.) was a nephew by marriage ofJules Hardouin-Mansart (see Hardouin-Man-sart, J.) He was the principal constnictoremployed at the chateau of Versailles, wherehe built the canal, reservoir, etc. In 1667 hebuilt the establishment…
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