Woodward, George E. (George Evertson), 1829-1905, Woodward, Francis W · New York : Geo. E. & F. W. Woodward, 37 Park Row, Office of the Horticulturist · leaf 121
is a desire to convey an impres-sion of strength or power. 116 woodwards country homes. Where stone is convoniently obtained as a buildingmaterial, its use in rural architecture deserves farmore consideration than is usually bestowed on it;and in its unchiselled, quarried form it becomes desir-able… … Fig. 77.—Cellar. shade, will illustrate the finest architectural effects.Prevailing prejudices are too apt to consider it notonly cheap, but inferior in protection and durabilityto finely wrought surfaces and smooth, close-fittingjoints. We are too apt to estimate the value andbeauty of a stone…
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