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 70
in Annapolis, the buildings are higher andmore compact; but for the most part they are long andlow—covering a good deal of space, and thereby dis-tinguished from their somewhat contracted English pre-decessors. Just as in the exterior of the house, it was in the com-position and treatment of the… … New York City. STAIRCASE IN THE RESIDENCE OF J. PIERPONT MORGAN. i THE COLONIAL RESIDENCE tions. In the early colonial years, say until 1650, the** hall was naturally the chief room of a residence; andthis practise has had a considerable intiuence both upon thelater colonial plan, and even upon the…
Architecture, Domestic
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