. Construction : a journal for the architectural engineering and contracting interests of Canada . onsist of acentral stairhall running through the house, fromfront to back, with the rooms opening from it oneither side. Few features aremet here that are not to be foundin the settlements to the stepped gable, occurring butrarely in New England, is en-countered frequently from theHudson to the gambrel roof is a modifica-tion of that used by the NewEnglanders, and often includestwo stories. The upper slope wasgreatly reduced in size and be-comes quite insignificant in ma
. Construction : a journal for the architectural engineering and contracting interests of Canada . onsist of acentral stairhall running through the house, fromfront to back, with the rooms opening from it oneither side. Few features aremet here that are not to be foundin the settlements to the stepped gable, occurring butrarely in New England, is en-countered frequently from theHudson to the gambrel roof is a modifica-tion of that used by the NewEnglanders, and often includestwo stories. The upper slope wasgreatly reduced in size and be-comes quite insignificant in man\cases. The long lower slope wasgracefully curved, to soften ibotherwise hard and angular out-line. This treatment is also i^found on many gable roofs. In the large northern cities—Boston, New York, Philadel-phia, and Baltimore—there grewup a distinctive English type olurban residence, executed in redbrick, laid in Flemish bond. Theeffect of these structures dependsentirely upon their proportions,and the diversified color of thebrick, which are very dark, oroften blue for the headers, and. STAIR HAM,. IIKWKTT HOUSK the stretchers vary from a light red to buff. Theornamentation is centered in the doorway and crown-ing cornice, above which dormers appear against thesky. The storey heights are often marked on thefacade by moulded brick string courses. The en-trance was treated with delicacy, in a great varietyof ways in which one or two orders, without a porch,were used. The door itself was framed by fan andsidelights, consisting of light cast-iron bar tracery, invarious combinations of circles, segments and straightlines, with foliage at some of the intersections. Thiswas a direct copy of the English method of lightinghalls in city houses. There are still many fine ex-amples in the older parts of these cities. The southern colonies grew up under entirelydifferent conditions from those inNew England and the MiddleStates. In the south the colonistswere not seeking refuge fromp
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