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Early American craftsmen (1920)

Dyer, Walter A. (Walter Alden), 1878-1943 · New York : The Century Co. · leaf 36

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as lofty as thatwhich entered into the building of the CologneCathedral or the Taj Mahal. We are constantlyharking back to them in our attempts to develop anAmerican style of domestic architecture, becausethere is something about them that has stood the testof time—something good and true and… … McINTIRE, MASTER CARPENTER they were not the men who conceived the harmoniousproportions and exquisite details of the homes of ourforefathers. The domestic architects of that daywere for the most part architects merely as part ofthe days work; they were the builders and mastercarpenters, honest…

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