Domestic architecture of the American colonies and of the early republic . e, that leg-ends of the former existence of such fea-tures have grown up to explain their lack ! Exceptional plans characterize a fewhouses, notably those of the governor atAnnapolis and of Jefferson at Monticello,erected in its original form in 1771 and following years. The Governors househad a long drawing-room at the rear, across the full width of the main block, witha projecting bay in the centre. ^Yings, set back on the facade, form end pavilions onthe rear. Monticello, as it stood down to 1796 (figure 52), likewis
Domestic architecture of the American colonies and of the early republic . e, that leg-ends of the former existence of such fea-tures have grown up to explain their lack ! Exceptional plans characterize a fewhouses, notably those of the governor atAnnapolis and of Jefferson at Monticello,erected in its original form in 1771 and following years. The Governors househad a long drawing-room at the rear, across the full width of the main block, witha projecting bay in the centre. ^Yings, set back on the facade, form end pavilions onthe rear. Monticello, as it stood down to 1796 (figure 52), likewise had its par-lour in the centre of the garden-front, but the whole room projected in octagonalform—as illustrated in several designs in Robert Morriss Select Architecture(1759), which Jefferson owned—after the manner of a French salon. The academic striving for formal organization brought the outbuildings intosymmetrical relation with the main house. This was specially true of the largeindependent plantations of the South, where the outbuildings assumed greater im-. Figure 51. Plan from Palladio, Book IIplate 33 THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY portance (figure 53). ft is sometimes difficult to determine absolute priority inthe adoption of a given scheme, since outbuildings and house are not necessarilycontemporary. The oldest building with a pair of offices symmetrically placed wasthe Governors Palace at Williamsburg, itself built 1705-1706. They were con-nected with the main building by a wall, constituting a shallow forecourt in frontof it. At Westover, Ampthill, and Carters Grove (figure 54), a pair of offices stoodisolated, in line with the main house. At Stratford and at Nomini Hall four iso- r/itt igib, by Clara An Figure 52. Monticello. Plan for the house and outhuildings. Thomas Jefferson, 1772From the original drawing in the Coohdge collection lated buildings marked the corner of a great square around the house, while atMount Pleasant two outbuildings occupy a similar adva
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