Sketches of Early American Architecture

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Owing to the generosity of Dyckman descend- ants, this old farm house has been restored as far as possible to its former condition, and with the ground about it presented to the City of New York as a historical museum and park.
STKEET BEIDGE, HAKTFOKD, CONN.
'' I "'HE master builders, during the Colonial -■■ period, were a conscientious lot of men.
Everything they did received the same careful study, the same painstaking care in the working out of every essential thing to create a proper result
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This statement finds proof in the design of the bridges they erected, and the one chosen as the subject of Mr. Eggers' sketch is a fine example.
JMany of these early bridges are models of good masonry design. Their rugged surfaces after centuries of exposure have taken on a very fine "patina" that delights the eye of the artist. To add to the picturesque effect there is often a back- ground of foliage that at places trails on the water's surface in the summer days or in winter gives a delicate framing for the tracery of trees and shrubs.


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