Triumphs and wonders of the 19th century, the true mirror of a phenomenal era, a volume of original, entertaining and instructive historic and descriptive writings, showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress .. . nd better facilities for the use of heat, light,and water were introduced and the symmetrical disposition of parts oftenneglected. PROGRESS OF THE CENTURY IN ARCHITECTURE 181 The very steep pointed Gothic roof denoted the modest cottage, and theperforated wooden tracery of windows and porches, or
Triumphs and wonders of the 19th century, the true mirror of a phenomenal era, a volume of original, entertaining and instructive historic and descriptive writings, showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress .. . nd better facilities for the use of heat, light,and water were introduced and the symmetrical disposition of parts oftenneglected. PROGRESS OF THE CENTURY IN ARCHITECTURE 181 The very steep pointed Gothic roof denoted the modest cottage, and theperforated wooden tracery of windows and porches, or the barge-boards ofgables, became the simple beginning of that riotous growth of jig-sawedfretwork afterwards so prominent upon those houses constructed with Man-sard or French roofs of rectilinear, concave, or convex form. The works andwritings of Downing had much influence at this time, and it was shown notonly in these Italian villas or Gothic cottages, but also in landscape garden-ing about suburban residences. The political disturbances in various countries of Europe in 1848 broughtvery many immigrants to our shores, and the discovery of gold in California,in 1849, was the beginning of that steady flow of settlers which has sincethen peopled so many of our Western States and LIBRARY BUILDING, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA. (Thos. Jefferson, Designer.) Then followed our own Civil War, from 1861 to 18(35, and subsequent tothat the period of reconstruction, during which time there was some building,but very little architecture, throughout the country. In 1869 the Pacific Railroad was completed, and this not only gave a newimpetus to Western mining and farming, but created a new market for East-ern manufactures. So great was this manufacturing and commercial activity that vast fortuneswere made, and there were many opportunities calling for the services ofarchitects; but as they had hitherto been rarely employed, except in a few ofthe larger cities, upon churches or pu
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