The Architecture of Colonial America
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" Whatever its shortcomings — and not much can be expected of it for it makes no pretence — it was infinitely better than much that fol- lowed it. In contemplating the story of the Classic Revival one can find much to be thankful for. w < i' : '^^^Bi •s l-l > w Q o o c w Q < I— I <; H c o < (—1 X w w < < H O U3 l-J CO < ^ C CA) W H < H THE POST-COLONIAL PERIOD 181 Let its failures be what they may, it was in large measure due to the work done during the period of its ascendancy that we owe a certain tradition and precedent in public work that has wrought for good and is still working in our own day. CHAPTER XI PUBLIC BUILDINGS OF THE COLONIAL AND POST-COLONIAL PERIODS THE architecture of Colonial America, ex- clusive of the churches, was almost alto- gether domestic in its scope and yielded but comparatively few examples of impressive public edifices in proportion to the area of the territory embraced. There were, however, enough secular public buildings scattered through the length and breadth of the Colonies to make a striking representation when grouped together and what the aggregate collection of such structures lacked in point of numbers was amply made up in point of individual excel- lence or historic interest, or both, on the part of the several units.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
" Whatever its shortcomings — and not much can be expected of it for it makes no pretence — it was infinitely better than much that fol- lowed it. In contemplating the story of the Classic Revival one can find much to be thankful for. w < i' : '^^^Bi •s l-l > w Q o o c w Q < I— I <; H c o < (—1 X w w < < H O U3 l-J CO < ^ C CA) W H < H THE POST-COLONIAL PERIOD 181 Let its failures be what they may, it was in large measure due to the work done during the period of its ascendancy that we owe a certain tradition and precedent in public work that has wrought for good and is still working in our own day. CHAPTER XI PUBLIC BUILDINGS OF THE COLONIAL AND POST-COLONIAL PERIODS THE architecture of Colonial America, ex- clusive of the churches, was almost alto- gether domestic in its scope and yielded but comparatively few examples of impressive public edifices in proportion to the area of the territory embraced. There were, however, enough secular public buildings scattered through the length and breadth of the Colonies to make a striking representation when grouped together and what the aggregate collection of such structures lacked in point of numbers was amply made up in point of individual excel- lence or historic interest, or both, on the part of the several units.
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