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... brick fireplace . In the Essex Institute , Salem , Mass . Frontispiece WESTOVER , ON THE JAMES RIVER , VIRGINIA A fine example of the Colonial architecture of the South . Built by William Byrd in 1749 . Photograph by H. P. Cook ...
... brick fireplace . In the Essex Institute , Salem , Mass . Frontispiece WESTOVER , ON THE JAMES RIVER , VIRGINIA A fine example of the Colonial architecture of the South . Built by William Byrd in 1749 . Photograph by H. P. Cook ...
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... brick , well furnished within and surrounded by grounds neatly kept and carefully cultivated . There were many stately " gentlemen's seats , " belonging to the gentry of New York , between Kingsbridge and the city and on Long Island ...
... brick , well furnished within and surrounded by grounds neatly kept and carefully cultivated . There were many stately " gentlemen's seats , " belonging to the gentry of New York , between Kingsbridge and the city and on Long Island ...
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... brick and cypress , generally less elaborate than those in Virginia , particularly when they were described as of " the rustic order . " There were also tanyards , distilleries , and soap- houses , as well as all facilities for raising ...
... brick and cypress , generally less elaborate than those in Virginia , particularly when they were described as of " the rustic order . " There were also tanyards , distilleries , and soap- houses , as well as all facilities for raising ...
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... brick dwelling house , two brick store houses , a brick kitchen and washhouse , a brick neces- sary house , a barn with a large brick chimney , with several rice mills , mortars , etc. , a winnowing house , an oven , a large stable and ...
... brick dwelling house , two brick store houses , a brick kitchen and washhouse , a brick neces- sary house , a barn with a large brick chimney , with several rice mills , mortars , etc. , a winnowing house , an oven , a large stable and ...
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... brick chimney on the other side of the high road , fronting the dwelling house , and at least 400 acres of the land cleared , all except what is good pasture , and no part of the tract bad , the whole hav- ing a clay foundation and not ...
... brick chimney on the other side of the high road , fronting the dwelling house , and at least 400 acres of the land cleared , all except what is good pasture , and no part of the tract bad , the whole hav- ing a clay foundation and not ...
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