Bricks and Brownstones: The New York House, 1783-1929- A Guide to Architectural Styles and Interior Decoration for Period Restoration

With the aid of handsome photographs and engravings (more than half of them 100 years old) the author presents the history of the various row house architectural styles -- the Federal, Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Italianate, and Second Empire, as well as eclectic but picturesque styles of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.