The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-28

Remaining Examples OF the Unitarian Archi-
lecture or Colonial Days.
From the E.rs.cr .ye,rs. Letter.

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The first colonists OF Virginia in 1907. the
Pilgrims Of Plymouth in 1920. and the puritans
around Boston in 1880 naturally cnoagh fellcd
trees, dressed them into logs. an1 built rude
structures w. well IA their few tools an the
necessity Of speedy shelter would allow. 4
little later wcll-iresscd log houses succeeded to
the roughcr type. and next came houses with
frames and clapboarlch surfaces. Onc hun.
dred and ilfy years later the now West re-
pcatcd the processes OF the East, and TO this day
the Western man speaks OF his frame house.
thus illustrating the architectural education.
which in many localities has been very rapid.
In the seventeenth century u very few cdiilccs
built OF imported brick represented OH our
shores the civilization OF the Eastern hrml-
sphere. Until II few years back Albany had II
few remaining specimens Of the brick crcnel.
lated houses with gables fronting the stree,
with which Amsterdam abounds ut the present
day. Hampton. Va, still has It's Episcopal
church constructed OF red and black brick.
brought across the Atlantic. A few old brick
manor houses Of the same period iingcr on the
banks OF the l,appahannock and the lower
James. but they are %eNOtics, not genuine repre-
scntativCs OF early American architecture.
Most Of the ,o.onists of the Atlantic coast,
whether English or Dutch. had no more money
10 waste On architecture than had their descend.
ants who crossed the A.llcghanics. with both
protection against the savage and trcaCherol!s
foe was the chief consideration. Every settle.
nicnt had one or more garrison houses, two-s,ory
structures built Of logs, with the second story
projecting over the frs. In oder the better 10
drop hot water or ,olnbIstiblcs upon any enemy
attempting to force an entrance.
\ generation or two ago quite n number OF
these garrispn houses were standing in New
England. solnetimcs pretty nearly in their
original condition, They llvc since mostly dis.
appeared, or have been so altered rs To pass Tor
modern structures to careless Observers. The
block house erected 10y Gov. shirley in 1881
iormS The only remnant OF the Fort Halifax,
bull. by him At The Junction Of the Scbasticool:
and kcnncbcc ri,crs. II is square. with u four.
sided roof. and though not among the most AN.
careful preservation which i, has received of
late. York. In the same state, had many gar.
rison houses at n much earlier date. and
needed them. The settlement was often
attacked by, the Indians, aud in 1871 the
Two Of the old Siirrisons, the Jenkins. which Is
last tumbling down, and the better pres, rived
second Mco"}' Story Y'S window ' mi tha ln anr9' NAV ip be- e ."sm
The first lnni loom erected in America. Exeter
Ind scvcr,l g3rri'ona. OF which two are remain.
ing, the Darling, house near the Great Bridge
and the %JnnNrin house On the plGins. The last
named Is what was chilled . hall Cnrrison; being
proof against n sudden attack, lliOnGh hardly
strong enough to endure u siege. Both these
houses have been Moderated enough Ia render
them more convenient for housekeeping, though
al, the, expense or nniiqunrlan appearance.
Hardly twentl houses in an New England dat.
ing back of 100 are yet IN existence, unless ina
materially transformed condition. st best the
most Of them were very rough, hOX.shHped. with
a door IN ono side, and d" higllpilchri roof, 10
rrodigious size. \ few years ago the great
chimney OF the house at Boscn Wen where den.
to ton" coHinm i5S,6 S@'" Of VI 6s sHf4 H" Thc an" S,i r%n%H
Of the, Darling, house IN this town. dc.
5lroyed about the same time, was about ma
good sized additional room. Almost ali the srN
%ontccnth century houses were wooden, though
about the oldest structure in New England Was
hull OF, stone at Guilford, Conn. In or near
l,HI'. ESctcr,a oldest, the Dariing House, Is
cigh'rcnth century, and nov, hns only two, IL
cNt'h-lons. ,Thcro ~" tho Iravy house,
~ no NsMm@rSTim ~, rT%'nN, anh tap ola house
were erected between 1870 and l13O, The Pcnvy
house, uf which James Gilman was The builder,
EorlasiHE "a Older structure which had boon
house, a brick structure with gnmbrei roof,
which stood about where the Amos Tuck house
now stands, was torn, down about sixty years
nEo, The block near the Great Bridge IL OF nine.
.,,,rnth century, origin, having been bnilt by
MAJOR simeon Folsom about 1919.
EiTim nn HlT ar IN New ENGLAND during Ihe flush
lures q" Of %S U"Soa i"'f In f9Ss S SGtT tSs rs w9IfGi isn SSp;
outbreak - 1878, II was then that the older Of
Ihe stGle,y mansions Of Portsmouth and New
lively s:opnch house building, but by 1900 pros.
pcrlty had returned. and New England ship.
owners became very rich. The house-building
those groatt, square, three-story houses,
OF, which, Exeter, has u fcw, and OF
which salem, Ncwburyport and Portsmouth
are ,full. The magnaies OF lsOO-lO disliked
ganbrel roofs, and had no patience with hooks
and passages, They were plain, downright and
ntilitarian men, and they built houses as square
ms themselves, with no nonsense about them,
except perhaps the usually supcrtiuous third
Story, w ere III 1850 wOrthipA In rptnrn Ia an ~ IA
they might appreciate the many modern i'm.
proponents which have been introduced In
architecture, but they would DO pretty sure To
reTnldiato with scorn the adornmenls for which
poor Queen Anne has boon held responsible,