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 91
res 36 and 37). Although they were built twoinches into the wall, it is almost inconceivable that these excellently understoodIonic capitals can date from the original erection of the house, between 1681 and1691. Possibly they were added after the fire which destroyed the cupola in 1748.The Marston… … Figure 40. Plans of Hancock house, Boston. 1737 to 1740From measured drawings by John SturgisCourtesy of R. Clipston Sturgis THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY the columns are of stone. The Miles Brewton house in Charleston, finished1769, has stone columns for its fine portico; and the Bartram house in…
Architecture, Domestic · Architecture, Colonial
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