Domestic architecture of the American colonies and of the early republic, (1922)
Kimball, Fiske, 1888-1955, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). Committee on Education · New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 205
REPUBLIC tion, Berry Hill, in Halifax County, ^irginia, in the years following 1835 (^figi-ire140). Mr. Bruce spent some time in Philadelphia, just before inheriting the estateand undertaking the new house, and was influenced by Andalusia in his choice ofa type. The porticos were carried across… … Figure 143. Hill house, Athens, Georgia office and schoolroom, each likewise in the form ot a Greek Doric temple. No-where else, perhaps, is the ante-bellum plantation to be found in equal architec-tural magnificence. These are only outstanding examples. A host of others, many scarcely inferiorin…
