"...The villages of New England,
looking at their sylvan charms, are
as beautiful as any in the world.
Their architecture is simple and
unpretending — often, indeed,
meagre and unworthy of notice.
The houses are surrounded by
enclosures full of trees and shrubs,
with space enough to afford com-
fort, and ornament enough to
denote taste. But the main street of
the village is an avenue of elms,
positively delightful to behold.
Always, wide, the overarching
boughs form an aisle more grand
and beautiful than that of any old
Gothic cathedral. Not content,
indeed, with one avenue, some of
these villages have, in their wide,
single street, three lines of trees,
forming a double avenue, of which
any grand old palace abroad might
well be proud...."

"The Building Trade," 1966, from The Best of Building Trade, 1966, 1966, p. 105.