Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and co. · leaf 419
brickmanor-houses, set amid extensive grounds walled in andentered through iron gates of artistic design. The interiorfinish of these houses was often elaborate in conceptionand admirably executed. Westover (1737), Carters Grove(1737) in Virginia, and the Harwood and Hammond Housesat Annapolis, Md.… … FIG. 218.—CHRIST CHURCH, PHILADELPHIA. ARCHITECTURE IN THE UNITED STATES. 387 The interior finish of wainscot, cornices, stairs, and mantel-pieces shows, however, the same general style, in a skilfuland artistic adaptation of classic forms to the slender pro-portions of wood construction.…
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