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 208
LY REPUBLIC tion, Berry Hill, in Halifax County, Mrginia, in the years following i8j5 (figure140). 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 of 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…
