Bricks and Brownstone: The New York Row House, 1783-1929 - An Architectural and Social History

xxv, 262 pp. "...examine[s] the architectural styles of the venerale New York row house, the way of life of the families who lived in these unique houses, and the outstanding neighborhoods of a rapidly growing and changing city. ...handsome photographs and engravings (over 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."