Domestic architecture of the American colonies and of the early republic . Meanwhile the balustrade had appeared in another position, which was destinedto be preferred in future, along the eaves. A terrace roof, covered with lead, with 89 AMERICAN DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE a balustrade above the cornice, had long been adopted in Europe for buildings ofthe greatest academic pretensions, as, in England, Whitehall and the QueensHouse. It was adopted at Rosewell in Virginia by 1730. In minor English build-ings for which a sloping roof was retained, a parapet or balustrade was neverthe-less often intro
Domestic architecture of the American colonies and of the early republic . Meanwhile the balustrade had appeared in another position, which was destinedto be preferred in future, along the eaves. A terrace roof, covered with lead, with 89 AMERICAN DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE a balustrade above the cornice, had long been adopted in Europe for buildings ofthe greatest academic pretensions, as, in England, Whitehall and the QueensHouse. It was adopted at Rosewell in Virginia by 1730. In minor English build-ings for which a sloping roof was retained, a parapet or balustrade was neverthe-less often introduced to approximate the fashionable effect. The oldest house inthe colonies which has such an eaves-balustrade is the Schuyler house, Albany,1761, and there is no special reason to suppose it did not form part of the originalconstruction, although it is not specifically mentioned in those bills for the housewhich are preserved. The Pickman (Derby) house on Washington Street, Salem,built in 1764, had one from the start, for it is shown in a painting made just sub- ?. Figure 62. Carved modillion from the Hancock house, Boston. 1737 to 1740In the possession of the Massachusetts Historical Society sequently. A parapet at the eaves appears also in an old view of Tryons Palace,built 1767-1770, but any such feature did not become common in America untilafter the Revolution. The dormer-window was widely used in the eighteenth century, and underwentcharacteristic modification. In many houses, to be sure, there were no was generally where there were no rooms in the garret, owing usually to nar-row masses or low hip-roofs, or where rooms there could be lighted from endgables. Only in very few cases, such as Shirley Hall, where dormers were kept offthe front, yet used elsewhere, can any objection to them be inferred on grounds ofappearance. The most common form of dormer, occurring throughout the period,was one with a square-headed window surmounted by a triangular gable or p
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