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 74
four stories, but this was an exception—appropriate tothe peculiar position of the family that occupied it. Inthe North, of course, the third story was used chieflyin order to supply lodging for domestic servants, whofrom that day until this have been more difficult to ob-tain and more expensive to… … I THE COLONIAL RESIDENCE by descendants, who were seeking a natural protectionagainst the sun. The architectural effect which these homesproduce is obtained almost entirely by the proportion of themasses and the distribution of the openings. Occasionallythe central division of the house is…
Architecture, Domestic
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