A home for all; or, The gravel wall and octagon mode of building .. (1854)
Fowler, O. S. (Orson Squire), 1809-1887 · New York, Fowler and Wells · leaf 88
ners in eachstory, you lose twelve, this loss amounts to considerable, in ad-dition to all those other losses already pointed out. Away, then,with all three of these fancy styles. Those who fancy or adoptthem must be either weak or thoughtless—weak if they can notperceive their inferiority in every… … bOflB OCCASIONED BY CORNERS.* houses are much cheaper, relatively, than small ones. The wing-ed, cottage, and all irregular forms of houses cost far more thanthe square, yet are far inferior to it, besides making far less showin proportion to cost. 4* SECTION IV. SUPERIORITY OF THE OCTAGON FORM.…
Architecture, Domestic
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