A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 463
of an American one. Figure 9 shows the Rus-sian method of preparing the end of the log,which is done before the building is begun.Russian log houses sometimes reached huge pro-portions, as in the noted Baranoff Castle thatformerly stood at Sitka. Building of this kind is the natural resort of LOG… … Vitruvius (Book II., Ch. 1) mentions 1 having been in use in the Caucasu.s. Iti th the more slowly dcvelopini, ]ihvsi<al dant. them Kussi civilization of the country, such structures have lingered later, andhave received asomewhat deco-rative treatment,in connection withwhich it is wellto study…
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