[...]... discuss American Colonial Architecture we should be comprehensive enough to include the styles prevailing in the colonies of Spain and France in this country The Spanish architecture on the Pacific coast, while also American Colonial in the same sense, was so isolated that it really, more recent years, had no appreciable influence upon architectural design in the United until States AMERICAN COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE. .. DESIGN WHICH SERVED FOR MODEL OF PENNSYLVANIA STATE HOUSE (From Gibbs' "Book of Architecture, " 1788) 209 American Colonial Architecture CHAPTEE I BEGINNINGS Colonial Architecture in the describes a style of building with which it is more or less familiar, yet that term should be used with more discrimination, because Colonial Architecture existed in what is now the United States before the Tudors as a... so-called Colonial architecture, more attention is paid to the genealogy of the families occupying the houses BEGINNINGS regarded as historic, than to the history of the building of these houses In many instances these records appear to be lost At the same time there prevails an impression that all Colonial architecture English in origin, because of a more or is narrow interpetation of the word Colonial. .. thrifty as a peoof Sweden but not so enterprising as, the English of their ple, day, and we do not find many traces of their architecture in any building today, although the Old Swedes' Churches in Wilmington and Philadelphia, both built long after English occupation, AMERICAN COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE and said to be copies of edifices to be found in Sweden, were not constructed by Swedes, and display as much... as we shall explain further along, this design appears to have been the 13 AMERICAN COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE ground work for several large houses in Philadelphia, and probably in some other sections of the country Slightly modified, it seems to have been a popular design Before the Great Fire, there had appeared "The First Book of Architecture by Andrea Palladio." This was translated by Godfrey Richards,... This building, which was in Aypletree Street, west of Fourth, was neither the first "brick house in Philadelphia nor were its bricks brought from England It is now removed, but dated "from about AMERICAN COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE The ships were small ones, and consequently could not take either large cargoes or many passengers This fact should be sufficient answer to those persons who have a lingering belief... that it really, more recent years, had no appreciable influence upon architectural design in the United until States AMERICAN COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE There are several clearly defined periods of American Colonial architecture Roughly these may be said to be, and for the a, first fifty that of the original settlers, years of colonization ; &, the next half century, or until the advent of the House Hanover... The last, naturally, showed the most regard for classic taste, and is the period generally studied by all who go in for Colonial Architecture These same periods may again be defined as being the period of the pioneers, the period of building from books, and the period of both books and Americanization of the styles As we have seen, the original settlers had something else to think of than the erection... was a hard existence, ing their new home such as pioneers in all lands in all times have encountered; it differed only in degree from the experiences of other adventurers in new lands we (i) AMERICAN COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE In even more recent times we have had something of the same kind of history In the building of the West No one will believe that the hardy men and women who crossed the great Plains... realized today We are able to from a study Eighteenth, or which remain make a statement of this kind of the buildings of the even the Seventeenth century For instance, we can within a of some 9 AMERICAN COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE reasonable margin for error, maintain that the original plan of the Slate Roof House, which was erected for Samuel Carpenter in Philadelphia, and which obtained its fame from having . FOR FIRE-PLACE (From the "Builder's Magazine," 1778) ; ' 205 DESIGN WHICH SERVED FOR MODEL OF PENNSYLVANIA STATE HOUSE (From Gibbs' "Book of Architecture, " 1788) . 209 American Colonial Architecture CHAPTEE I BEGINNINGS AMERICAN Colonial Architecture in the average mind describes a style of building with which it is more or less familiar, yet that term. w0 h0" alt="" COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE ITS ORIGIN & DEVELOPMENT ft fr % JOSEPH JACKSON Illustrated PHILADELPHIA DAVID McKAY CO. WASHINGTON SQUARE COPYRIGHT, 1924, BY JOSEPH JACKSON FOREWORD Some European writers. these statements it will be seen that when we discuss American Colonial Architecture we should be comprehensive enough to include the styles prevailing in the colonies of Spain and France in this country. The Spanish architecture on