Domestic architecture of the American colonies and of the early republic . s ml i i i lilt i I i i L 1 1 1 Figure 131. Competitive design for the Presidents house, WashingtonThomas Jefferson, 1792 From the original drawing in the possession of the Maryland Historical Society AMERICAN DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE behind it on the diagonal axis, between wings with rectangular rooms. The Richterhouse at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, was substantially similar in mass, exceptfor a veranda with light columns around the circular bay. The octagonal bow also appeared in other combinations. The study of thesespec

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Domestic architecture of the American colonies and of the early republic . s ml i i i lilt i I i i L 1 1 1 Figure 131. Competitive design for the Presidents house, WashingtonThomas Jefferson, 1792 From the original drawing in the possession of the Maryland Historical Society AMERICAN DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE behind it on the diagonal axis, between wings with rectangular rooms. The Richterhouse at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, was substantially similar in mass, exceptfor a veranda with light columns around the circular bay. The octagonal bow also appeared in other combinations. The study of thesespecially fascinated Jefferson, as his ideal sketches At Farmington, 1803,and Ampthill in Cumberland County, Virginia, 1815, he terminated the facadewith lateral In a number of studies about 1809, he used a pair of similarbays facing the front, with the entrance recessed Some of these studies

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