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 332
e general, is toraise walls of whin-stone, broken into fragments of every irregularform, laid in strong mortar; and then to overcast them with a pecu-liar species of cement. The corners, frames of the doors, arches andsills of the windows, cornices, and other ornamental parts, are of… … DCCQ O OO >- IN THE UNITED STATES. 271 style (Plate XXVIII.) The main building is devotedto the hall for the library of the college; the wings torooms for the society libraries. The interior of thehall is beautifully arranged; the windows of the clere-story and the large windows at the end let…
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