An architectural monograph on old three story houses of New England, . dly be consistent with theheavier material and the larger scale of a brickdwelling,— but as it is, this house remains per-haps the most beautiful, chaste and distin-guished instance of the Puritan treatment ofthis type of dwelling to be found in the NewEngland colonies, and so should serve as epi-logue and apogee to this brief record and appre-ciation of a type of Colonial dwelling unique andrestricted to this section of North America. Subjects of Previous Numbers ofTHE WHITE PINE SERIES OF ARCHITECTURAL MONOGRAPHS Vol. No.


An architectural monograph on old three story houses of New England, . dly be consistent with theheavier material and the larger scale of a brickdwelling,— but as it is, this house remains per-haps the most beautiful, chaste and distin-guished instance of the Puritan treatment ofthis type of dwelling to be found in the NewEngland colonies, and so should serve as epi-logue and apogee to this brief record and appre-ciation of a type of Colonial dwelling unique andrestricted to this section of North America. Subjects of Previous Numbers ofTHE WHITE PINE SERIES OF ARCHITECTURAL MONOGRAPHS Vol. No. 1 Vol. No. 2 Vol. No. 3 Vol. 11 No. I Vol. 11 No. 2 Vol. 11 No. 3 Colonial Cottages. Vol. 11, No. 4. New England Colonial Houses. Vol. 11, No. 5. Farm Houses of New Netherlands. Housesof the Middle and Southern Colonies. \ol. II, No. Architecture in Houses of the Connecticut RiverValley. A Suburban House and Garage. Old Woodbury and Adjacent Domestic Architecture in Architecture of the Eastern Shore of THE COLONEL LOAMMl BALDWIN HOUSE AT WOBURN, MASSACHUSETTS The owner was an important and influential officer in the early Colonies and the discoverer andimprover of the Baldwin apple. The half balusters and odd belly on the corner pilasters,along with their awkward height relation to the windows, are all to be noted in this view.


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