Quote #1600 about colonial architecture by Alice Morse Earle
"By the year 1670, wooden chimneys and log houses of the Plymouth and Bay colonies were replaced by more sightly houses of two stories, which were frequently built with the second story jutting out a foot or two over the first, and sometimes with the attic story still further extending over the second story."by Alice Morse Earle
Categories: colonial architecture
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