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 68
52, Flemish bond is used, andit appears in the chimney at Fairfield, 1692. In New England the Usher-Royallhouse, throughout its brick ends, has three courses of stretchers followed by oneof headers. In Philadelphia Flemish bond was used from the establishment of thecity, at least in the best houses… … Figure 23. The Slate House, PhiladelphiaFrom the original drawing for Watsons Annals of Philadelphia, 1830Courtesy of the Library Company of Philadelphia in wooden houses, an elongated rectangular mass with a steep gable roof was usual.It was not uncommon to have but two rooms on a floor, as in the…
Architecture, Domestic · Architecture, Colonial
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