One hundred country houses : modern American examples (1909)
Embury, Aymar, 1880- · New York : The Century Co. · leaf 170
it seems impossible for anarchitect in the United States to avoid, no matter howdeeply he imbues himself in the work of the English past. Formality is the least requisite quality of English archi-tecture, and in the sense that dignity is formality, they lackthat quality. A charm impossible of… … THE JACOBEAN HOUSE BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS WILLIAM WHITNEY LEWIS, ARCHITECT ONE HUNDRED COUNTRY HOUSESwhich Mr. Charles A. Piatt was the architect, is a very simpleand sober example of English work of the modern type.Mr. Hart has done very little work along these lines, mostof his houses being of…
Architecture, Domestic
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