A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 542
o 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… … United States : Libuary, Boston, JL^ss. in wood. This type established itself in allparts of the coinitry, and was often employed,even for churches. Highly unsuitable as itwas either for these or for dwellings, it servedthe purpose of familiarizing tlie public witli anorderly and harmoniinis…
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