Domestic architecture of the American colonies and of the early republic (1922)
Kimball, Fiske, 1888-1955, New York. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Committee on Education · New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 210
scarcely have been less than that of the rest of thehouse. There seems to be a prevailing passion for columns throughout the country. Onegentleman in an interior county, has surrounded his house with them, and his example hasbeen followed in a house in East Boston.1 In the backwoods states beyond… … Figure 144A. Bremo, Fluvanna County, VirginiaFrom measurements and sketches by Pleasants Pennington across the lakes, it brought with it this ruling ideal. In Michigan Greek enthusi-asm was particularly strong. The names of towns—Ypsilanti and Byron, Ionia andScio—perpetuate famous personalities…
Architecture, Domestic · Architecture, Colonial
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