ABSTRACT
Classical architecture remained the foundation of architectural training in Europe and America throughout the 19th century. The erection of a few such buildings in this country, although they would not call forth the exertions of every artist, would, nevertheless revive the drooping spirits, and give new energies to all the votaries of architecture and, from our natural love of improvement, it would soon raise the art to its ancient glory. Painters and sculptors have generally the originals before them of what they are required to do; even if ideal beauty is to be represented, it is collected from a variety of sources and objects, all of them to a certain degree, or extent, in existence. Economy, utility, and convenience, which are never to be neglected in private dwellings, invariably require rooms and communications of every kind to be as much as possible of rectangular forms.
