Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 57
41 THE CITY HOUSE IN THE WEST rounding stone balustrades, and the general air of family seclusion and repose is a very pleasant object to gaze upon, strongly reminding one of several old houses on Madison Avenue in New York, and of some facing the Public Gardens in Boston, the essential difference… … that the Cincinnati house is constructed of light limestone, while those in Boston and New York are of dark sandstone. I think it will he considered that the persistence of this style of house in the older cities of America for so many years has been a very remarkable fact. It has dominated New…
Architecture, Domestic
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