A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 542
einto a rotunda; a wasteful arrangement, whichwas not, however, without some compensationin a grandiose effect. This is the dispositionadopted in the former and in the present cus-tomhouse in New York. The style imposeditself also for private dwellings, both in townand country, the former being for… … in wood. This type established itself in allparts of the country, and was often employed,even for churches. Highly unsuitable as it■was either for these or for dwellings, it servedthe purpose of familiarizing the public with anorderly and harmonious assemblage of studied913 UNITED STATES…
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