Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and co. · leaf 423
ansion, atWashington, by Ho-han (1792), recallingthe large English country houses of the time. The Treasuryand Patent Office buildings at Washington, the PhiladelphiaMint, the Sub-treasury and Custom House at New York(the latter erected originally for a bank ; Fig. 221), and theBoston Custom House… … FIG. 221.—CUSTOM HOLSE, NEW YORK. ARCHITECTURE IN THE UNITED STATES. 391 tioned as conspicuous examples of the pseudo-Greek style.The last-named building is a Corinthian dormitory, its tiersof small win-dows contrasting strangely with its white marblecolumns. These classic buildings were solidly…
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