Domestic architecture of the American colonies and of the early republic . ared in the westfront of the Royall house, probably before 1750. Drayton Hall has pilasters house with its ordinary windows having semicircular arches was built in the 107 AMERICAN DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE colonies before the Revolution, but a single long arched window was often placedover the stair landing. There is such a one in the McPhedris house in the Northand in Rosewell in the South, both before 1730, and others may be found downto the close of the period, although they tended to give way to the Palladianmo
Domestic architecture of the American colonies and of the early republic . ared in the westfront of the Royall house, probably before 1750. Drayton Hall has pilasters house with its ordinary windows having semicircular arches was built in the 107 AMERICAN DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE colonies before the Revolution, but a single long arched window was often placedover the stair landing. There is such a one in the McPhedris house in the Northand in Rosewell in the South, both before 1730, and others may be found downto the close of the period, although they tended to give way to the Palladianmotive. The Venetian or Palladian window, having a central arch rising aboverectangular side openings, made its appearance in the colonies shortly before 1750as a central feature of the facades, especially as a stair window. One is mentionedin the specifications of the Pinckney house in Colleton Square, Charleston, Other Colonial examples are at Shirley Place, Woodford, Mount Airy, andMount Pleasant (figure 39), in the Brewton house at Charleston and the Chase. Figure 78. Corinthian capitals from the Hancock house, Boston. 1737 to 1746Preserved by the Essex Institute and reproduced by its courtesy house at Annapolis. In the Brewton house the central arch is doubled, and in theChase house, latest of all, a large blank arch embraces the whole after a fashionthen being adopted in England. Outside window-shutters or blinds are common features among Colonial houses,although an equal number of houses may be found without them. No general rulemay be framed regarding their presence, which is not even dependent on the ab-sence of inside shutters. The Van Cortlandt and John Vassall houses, among others,have both. Whether all the shutters are contemporary with^the houses is uncer-tain, but in the case of the Schuyler house, Albany, at least, we have bills of 1761for fifteen pairs of outside Panelled outside shutters were practicallyconfined to the Middle Colonies. The
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