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ILLUSTRATIONS

Frontispiece

Great Tangley Manor, Surrey, England
From an Original Water-colour Painting by Anna Richards
Brewster.

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ARCHITECTURAL TERMINOLOGY, ILLUSTRATED.... 13 I. Egyptian Bell Capital Column, Egyptian Stalk Column, Doric

Order (Modern), Ionic Order (Modern), Corinthian Order
(Modern), Tuscan Order (Modern), Composite Order (Modern).
II. Principal Parts of a Classic Entablature, Rusticated Masonry,
Quoins, Rock-Faced Masonry.

III. Common Architectural Motifs of Classic Origin (Greek Key,
Fret, Anthemion, Egg-and-Dart, Leaf-and-Dart, Wave and
Guilloche).

IV. Marquise, Cartouches (French and Italian), Spandrils, Pediments
(Curved, Angular, Cyma, Broken), Balusters.

V. Palladian Entrance, Palladian Window, Corbels, Console, Finial,

Dormer Window in Mansard Roof, Fanlight.

VI. Linenfold Panel, Greek Acanthus, Spiral Volute, Pilaster
Capitals, Modillion and Dentils, Lantern, Console Keystone,
Renaissance Arabesque, Lunette.

VII. Attributes, Renaissance and Roman Uses of Arch and Columns,
Caryatid Figure, Terminal Caryatid, Terminal Figure, Spindles.

PART I.

The Towers of the Château of Langeais.

A Typical American Dwelling of the Style Erroneously Called "Queen

Anne".

"Monticello," The Virginia Home of Thomas Jefferson..

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The Woolworth Building, seen through the Arcade of the New York

Municipal Building.

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Two Details of the Cleveland Post Office and Federal Building.

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A Greek Doric Temple at Segesta, Sicily..

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The Caryatid Porch of the Greek (Ionic), Erechtheum, Athens...

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Detail: Cloister of St. Paul-beyond-the-walls, Rome.
Typical Byzantine Columns, Capitals and Carving.

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The Cathedral of Notre Dame, Paris..

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A Typical Gothic Detail...

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Rose Window of the Cathedral of Notre Dame, Paris.

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Recessed Doorway of the Cathedral of Nôtre Dame, Paris.

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Nave, interior; Cathedral of Notre Dame, Paris.

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Transept, interior; Cathedral of Nôtre Dame, Paris.

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Gothic Chimeras of the Cathedral of Notre Dame, Paris.

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Gothic Gargoyles of the Cathedral of Notre Dame, Paris, France.... 51

Durham Cathedral from the River, Durham, England.

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Doorway of Château of Langeais, France.

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Courtyard of the Maison de Tristan l'Hermite, Tours, France.

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The Town Hall, Bruges, Belgium.

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The Church at Malines, Belgium.

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The Cathedral of Toledo, Spain

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The Puerta del Sol, Toledo, Spain.

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The Palace of the Doges, Venice, Italy.

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The Palazzo della Ca D'Oro, Venice, Italy

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Courtyard of the Palazzo Farnese, Rome, Italy.

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Colonnade of the Vatican, Rome, Italy.

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The Church of S. Maria della Salute, Venice, Italy

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Doorway of the Library of the Cathedral of Sienna, Italy.

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A Tea-House of Classic Design, on a Long Island (N. Y.) Country

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The "Orangerie," Bois du Boulogne, Paris, France...
The Château de Bagatelle, Bois du Boulogne, Paris, France.

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A French Classic Shop, New York City..

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A French Classic Publishing Building, New York City.

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Colonnade Row (La Grange Terrace), New York City.

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A Georgian Porch Detail (Modern), New Haven, Conn.

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A "Classic Reviva!" Porch, Baltimore, Md....

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Details from the Grand Palais des Champs Elysées, Paris, France

(Two views).

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A Fifth Avenue Shop Front, in the Modern French (Beaux-Arts) Style 103 A New York City House Front in the Modern French (Beaux-Arts)

Style....

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Engaged Columns of the Main Façade of the New York Public Library 105 A Modern Church of Romanesque Derivation, Madison Square

Presbyterian Church, New York City....

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Trinity Church, Boston, Massachusetts.

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Drawing for the Porch of the Cathedral of Baltimore, Md........

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St. Thomas' Church, New York City.

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Gothic Arched Entrance to Quadrangle, Graduate School, Princeton

University.

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Grotesques in the Gothic Manner.

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Rib-vaulted Vestibule, in the Gothic Style, Graduate School, Princeton

University.

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The Provost's Tower, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia..

Chapel of the Military Academy at West Point....

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The Woolworth Building, New

New York City..

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Details of the Woolworth Building, New York City (Four Views).... 127

An American Country House of English Derivation

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Detail: Garden Front of an English-derived American Country House 133

Detail: Terrace and Sun-Dial, an English-derived American Country

House..

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Tudor Derivation in an American Country House.

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Old Half-Timber City Houses, Holborn, London.

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Half-timber Dormitory Building, Princeton, N. J....

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Italian Renaissance Derivation in a Fifth Avenue Shop Front, New

York City...

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The Public Library of Boston, Massachusetts.

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Italian Renaissance Derivation in the Loggia of a Modern American

House...

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Italian Renaissance Derivation in a New York City Shop Front..... 161
A New York City Shop Front, with Sgraffito Decoration..
Triple Arched Loggia (Italian Renaissance Derivation) in a New York

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City Shop Front

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Sgraffito Decoration (Italian Renaissance Derivation) in a New York

City Shop Front.

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An Italian Derivation in an American Country House, General View.. 164 An Italian Derivation in an American Country House, a Terrace Court

yard.

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An Italian Derivation in an American Country House, from a Loggia 166 An Italian Derivation in an American Country House, Wall Fountain 167 An Italian Derivation in an American Country House, Court... 167 An Italian Derivation in an American Country House, Pool and

Pavilion

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An Italian Villa Derivation, Front View

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Patio at Pan-American Union Building, Washington, D. C...

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An Italian Villa Derivation, Garden Front.

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The Château de Langeais, France.

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Spanish-Italian Patio of a Modern American Residence in California. 170

Typical Spanish Buildings, Spain..

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Spanish Renaissance Derivation in Window Treatment in California. 171 Spanish Renaissance Details in an Office Building, Chicago, Illinois.. 171 An Early New England Dwelling of Gambrel Roof Type, Hadlyme,

Connecticut...

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A Typical Dutch Colonial Dwelling, at Hackensack, New Jersey.... 174 A Georgian Colonial Pediment Porch, with Palladian Window Above.. 175 A Georgian Derivation in the Porch of a Modern American Residence,

Germantown, Pa....

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"Wynnestay," an Early Colonial Residence near Philadelphia....... 188 A Local Modern Derivation of the Early Pennsylvania Type of Colo

nial Residence.

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"Mt. Pleasant and its Dependencies," Philadelphia. "Cliveden," Philadelphia...

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Country House at Valley Forge, Pa., Derived from Early Local Proto

types.

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The State House, "Independence Hall,"

Country House of Local "Ledge Stone," at Germantown, Pa....... 189

ependence Hall," Philadelphia.

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A Modern American Country House Derived from the Southern Type

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Two Examples of the Creole Plantation Villa, New Orleans, Louisiana 193

San Gabriel Mission, California.

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Country House of Spanish Derivation, Sierra Madre, California. 194

Four Views of a Modern Residence of Spanish Derivation, Typical of

California.

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A Typical Recent American "Seaside Villa" of no Stylistic Derivation 196 A Typical Recent American Suburban Dwelling of the "Picturesque"

Type...

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Two Modern American Country House Developments.

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The Style of the "American Secessionist" seen in a City Residence in

Grand Rapids, Michigan....

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An Example of the "Craftsman" Type of Country Dwelling.

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Japanese Influence in the California Bungalow.

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A Typical "Bungalow" of Native Redwood, California

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Characteristic Design of School of the Austrian or Viennese "Secession" 204 The "Art Nouveau," in a Parisian Shop-front...

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Flemish Renaissance City Houses on the Rue Flamande, Bruges,

Belgium......

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Flemish Renaissance Derivation in a Modern New York City

Residence..

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Two Modern American City Residences, Typical of the Newer Devel

opments.

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The Metropolitan Life Insurance Building, New York City.

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The Equitable Life Insurance Building, New York City.

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The Grand Central Railroad Station, New York City.

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Simplicity and Charm in a Small English Cottage (2 views)

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Reproduction (Reduced) of a 14-Inch Working Drawing of a House

Elevation.

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Reproduction (Reduced) of a 14-Inch Working Drawing of a House

Floor-Plan...

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Reproduction (Actual Size) of a Portion of a 14-Inch Working Draw

ing of a House Elevation.

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Reproduction (Actual Size) of a Portion of a 14-Inch Working Draw

ing of a House Floor-Plan.

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Reproduction (Actual Size) of a Portion of a 14-Inch Scale Detail of

Tile Eaves...

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Reproduction (Actual Size) of a Portion of a Full-size Working Draw

ing of the Top of a Wainscot..

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An Architect's Projet for a National Memorial Monument.
The Possibilities of Building Materials seen in an American Country

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House near Chicago..

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Two Instances of the Decorative Importance of Texture.

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Use of Local Materials in Two Typical Modern American Dwellings

of Moderate Cost..

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An American Expression of the Modern English Country House..... 279 The Same House in Local Stone and Half-timber Construction

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Good Relation of Design and Materials in a Large Country House

near Philadelphia.

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The Expression of Texture in Building Materials

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The Use of Stucco as an Exterior Finish.

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A Modern American Country House of Actual Half-Timber Construc

tion...

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Two Details of Door and Window Treatments..

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Two Typical Examples of the Modern English Country House....... 319 Modern American Real-Estate Houses...

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A Row of Houses in the "Model Village" " of Letchworth, England... 324 The Application of Architecture to Utilitarian Buildings in a California

Power-house (two views)..

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