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The Architecture of Colonial America

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The Architecture of Colonial America
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Publisher: Little, Brown and Co.
Number of pages: 382

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It is the purpose of this volume to set forth a brief history and an analysis of the architecture of Colonial America, in such wise that they may be of interest and value both to the general reader and to the architect. Published in 1915.

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