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 73
Slate House had light gabled porches, but it is impos-sible to tell whether they date from the time of the original construction. In thePeter Sergeant house there appeared for the first time a small portico with columns 47 AMERICAN DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE and entablature—a feature first used in… … Figure 27. William Penn (Letitia) house, on its original site. 1682-1683From an old photograph in the possession of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania The windows of many of the brick houses have been enlarged, and there is notsuch good evidence for their size and proportion as that furnished…
