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 237
went a sub-tle yet significant change. In Colonial times it had always been in the form of aclassic architrave, occasionally projecting in front ot the wall but normally flush,between the jambs. Only a few were set back, revealing the masonry jamb, andthese were still relatively broad, with the… … Figure 172. Design for a city houseCharles Bulfinch, after 1796 From the original drawing in the possession ofthe Massachusetts Institute of Technology HOUSES OF THE EARLY REPUBLIC face of the wall. This type, Ions: used in England with windows having a stonearchitrave, was retained there when…
