The glory of Covington

Excerpt from foreword: This book is the outgrowth of an interest in the history of one of the beautiful ante-bellum houses for which Covington has long been known. Research opened so many avenues and revealed so much in the way of interesting historical data that soon the scope of my investigations was broadened to include all of the extant Greek Revival houses. In writing this book I set out to confine it entirely to columned structures. Te unfolding of the various chapters, however, provided opportunities for including a small number of houses sans columns which were worthy of mention because of interesting persons or events associated with them.