A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 539
he order, onaccount of the expense, was changed fromCorinthian to Doric, and Doric of tiio ItalianRenaissance. The State House of Maryland isone of the civic buildings, the otliei- being S.Johns College, which combine with many pri-vate houses, which have been carefully pre-served, to make… … :;r:s* United States: Vassall Mansion (since 18..i7LoN(House), Cambiudge, Mass., 1759. portance. The State House was begun in1772, under the direction of a native, or atleast of a resident, arcliitect. The ciiief fea-ture of the exterior is a cupola, unduly anddisproportionately elongated; but the…
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