One hundred country houses : modern American examples (1909)
Embury, Aymar, 1880- · New York : The Century Co. · leaf 186
farapart in appearance as if one had been Chinese and theother Greek. The Walker house is strongly tinged withthe Chicago variation of Art Nouveau in the introductionof strong horizontal lines. The older English architecturewas an architecture of vertical lines, and it is this changethat has… … THE P. B. WALKER HOUSE GLEN COE, ILLINOIS SPENCER & POWERS, ARCHITECTS ONE HUNDRED COUNTRY HOUSESpresent day. The imitation, in shingles, of the thatchedroot, is very clever, although possibly not a sincere orstraightforward piece of design. Both houses are of frameconstruction with stucco on…
Architecture, Domestic
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