How to know architecture : the human elements in the evolution of styles (1914)
Wallis, Frank Edwin, 1862-1929 · New York : Harper and Brothers · leaf 71
^ // r a </■ v ; v.. / >;1 i r /= \. ^ v- I V 1 I -■ «? •^%~^- I FIG. 15 MODIFIED CORINTHIAN influence in early America. Much so-called Colonialarchitecture is almost entirely Grecian, having been in-troduced into this country by way of England after 1800. 47 … FIG. l6—PORCH OF HOUSE AT SALEM, MASS., SHOWING IONIC COLUMN GREEK FACTORS Many of our most beautiful manor houses are in thisstyle. The active building period a decade or two before theCivil War gave us several examples of sturdy granitebuildings in the Greek—notably the old Astor House inNew York…
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