"The great question is," Thomas Leverton Donaldson asked in 1847, "are we to have an architecture of our period, a distinct, individual, palpable style of the 19th century?".
"Pertanyaan besarnya adalah," Thomas Leverton Donaldson bertanya pada 1847, "apakah kita akan memiliki arsitektur untuk periode kita?, gaya abad ke-19 yang berbeda, individual, jelas?" ("are we to have an architecture of our period, a distinct, individual, palpable style of the 19th century?"). dikutip oleh Summerson.