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 54
lonieswhose wealth and position was such that they neededcomparatively spacious and imposing habitations. Thesource of this wealth and the character of this positionvaried widely in the different colonies ; but their posses-sors had certain common characteristics, which issued inbuildings… … I
Architecture, Domestic
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