The Architecture of Country Houses

The Architecture of Country HousesThroughout the early Victorian period, American domestic architecture was dominated by the ideas and designs of Andrew Jackson Downing (181552). Downing, who was America's first important landscape architect, was instrumental in establishing a well styled, efficient, yet low priced house that offered many features that previously only mansions could provide. His designs were widely spread both by his books and by periodical republication. Downing's

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