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Figure 45. — Tmi villa of "the magnificent Lord Leonardo Emo" at "Fanzolo, 

 in the Trevigian;" illustrated in The Architecture of A. Palladia (Giacomo Leoni, 

 ed., 3rd edition, corrected, London, 1742). Palladio's was one of the works 

 owned by Mercer and probably used by Bromley. The arcaded loggias of 

 the one-story wings of this building may have contributed to the inspiration 

 of Marlborough, {(.'ourtesy of the Library of Congress.) 



Mount Vernon. Elmwood, built just before the 

 Revolution in Essex County, is another, ha\'ing a 

 foimdation plan similar to Marlborough's.'^^ The 

 Mount Vernon veranda is part of the remodeling of 

 ]~84, JO that neither house reached its finished state 

 until a quarter of a century after Marlborough's 

 con>pletion. Marlborough may thus at the outset 

 have been imiquc among Virginia dwellings in ha\ing 

 such a veranda. However, full-length \erandas on 

 buildings other than dwellings were not unknown in 

 Virginia prior to the construction of Marlborough, 

 for they occurred in an almost standard design in the 

 form of arcaded loggias in county com thouses. 

 Typical were King William and Hano\er Comity 



■■' \V.\TtR\iA.N, op. cit. (footnote 94), p. 298. 



courthouses, both built about 1734 (figs. 5 and 61). 



The arcaded loggia is Italian in origin and is trace- 

 able here to Palladio, whose influence was diffused to 

 England and the colonies in a variety of ways. We 

 know that The Architecture of A. Palladio was one 

 of four architectural works acquired by Mercer in 

 1748 and apparently lent to his "architect,'" joiner 

 William Bromley. The direct influence of this work 

 on the o\'crall plan of Marlborough probably was 

 negligible. However, Palladio illustrates the \illa of 

 "the magnificent Lord Leonardo Emo" at "Fanzolo, 

 in the Trevigian" (fig. 45), which may ha\e caught 

 Mercer's eye. This building had a central, raised 

 pasiliou witii two one-story wings, each approxi- 

 mately 100 feet long. Each wing had a full-length, 

 arcaded veranda. The wings were intended for 

 stables, granaries, and so forth. Palladio commented : 



