A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 230
used in roofsof wide span to support common rafters bymeans nf longitudinal purlins. ROOM. An enclosure or division of ahouse or other structure, separated from otherdivisions by partitions ; an apartment, a cham-ber ; as a drawing-room, parlour, dining room,or chamber in a house, a stateroom in… … Roof : Elaborate Hammeb-bram Construction ; S. .StephensChurch, Norwich ; c. 14S0. and sent to England. Returning to Americaafter the war, he graduated at the College of theCity of New York and entered the office ofJames Renwick (see Renwick). He afterwardbecame an assistant of John B. Snook,…
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