...and all that makes up the external signs of progress. With the perception of proportion, symcetry, order, and beauty, awakens the desire for possession,...it must follow that the interest manifested in the Rural Architecture of a country like this, has much to do with the progress of its civilization. /...

...and morals of the people. In the preface to his Country Houses, he says: "There are three excellent reasons why my countrymen should have good houses....the perception of beauty and superiority in external object*, it must follow that the interest manifested in the Rural Architecture of a country like this,...

...and morals of the people. In the preface to his Country Houses, he says: "There are three excellent reasons why my countrymen should have good houses....know that order and culture are established. And, аз the first incentive towards this change is awakened in the minds of most men by the perception...

..."Twin Cottages." As said by Andrew Jackson Downing in his book The Architecture of Country Houses, "when smiling lawns and tasteful cottages begin to...country, we know that order and culture are established." William Ralph Emerson later remodeled the Watson House in 1872 with Shingle-style details. It was demolished...

...the struggle for civilization. So long as men are forced to dwell in log huts and follow a hunter 's life, we must not be surprised at lynch law and the...country, we know that order and culture are established. Perhaps Captain Thomas Jordan, the officer in charge of construction at Fort Dalles, and Louis Scholl,...

...them comes that refinement of manners which distinguishes a civilized from a coarse and brutal people. But, when smiling lawns and tasteful cottages begin...it must follow that the interest manifested in the Rural Architecture of a country like this, has much to do with the progress of its civili/ation." D...