Stately homes in America : from colonial times to the present day (1903)
Desmond, Harry W. (Harry William), 1863-1913, Croly, Herbert David, 1869-1930 · New York : D. Appleton and Company · leaf 282
ertain current tendencies. There is somethingvery palpable, and not in the least subtle, about the impres-sion of wealth afforded by the greater contemporary resi-dence. It has as little modesty about it, and makes as louda proclamation of its own merit as any other characteristicAmerican… … ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS Since, however, these houses are built primarily to beinhabited by rich men and to please them, some shortaccount of the American millionaire is a natural accom-paniment of a description of his habitation. Just as wefound that an historical sketch of the changes which…
Architecture, Domestic
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