ABSTRACT
The appropriate use of the Grecian orders, in the architecture of the United States, is a subject demanding nice investigation. Grecian Ionic. Gracefulness its characteristic. Suited to the smaller kind of banks, to edifices for the exhibition of the arts, sometimes for collegiate and academic edifices, and for the larger kind of private dwellings. An edifice with Gothic windows on a smooth wall, both at the sides and above, is a burlesque upon the style. The Gothic style has been considered too expensive for general adoption, even for churches. The windows of a Gothic church should be of stained, or ground glass; the former is in all cases to be desired where it is not too expensive. Variety in the designs, is in unison with this style. Uniformity and variety seem paradoxical, yet they are most happily united in the true Gothic. “In Gothic churches, a tower at each angle of the front is preferred.
