History of architecture, from the earliest times; its present condition in Europe and the United States; with a biography of eminent architects, and a glossary of architectural terms (1848)
Tuthill, Louisa C. (Louisa Caroline), 1798-1879 · Philadelphia, Lindsay and Blakiston · leaf 296
Dr.Prideauxs prophecy, that it will be the glory of allthat part of the world, is fully accomplished. The Swedes Church at Wilmington, Delaware(Plate XXIII.), is one of the oldest ecclesiastical edi-fices remaining in the United States. STYLE OF BUILDING. The meeting-houses of New England,… … HM/i^-i dows, and looking like immense lanterns. When theyhad arched windows, they were Episcopal churches;that was in fact for a long time the external distinctionbetween an Episcopal church, and the churches ofother denominations. The meeting-houses (Fig. 33)had slender spires, or dumpy cupolas,…
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