Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and co. · leaf 431
TURE. It is in this field that the mostcharacteristic and original phases of American architecture * See Appendix, D and E. 398 HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE. are to be met with, particularly in rural and suburban resi-dences. In these the peculiar requirements of our varyingclimates and of American… … FIG. 225.—COUNTRY HOUSE, MASSACHUSETTS. massing of steep roofs, have been the controlling factors inthe evolution of two or three general types which appearin infinite variations. The material most used is wood, butthis has had less influence in the determination of formthan might have been…
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