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closeness of window fixtures, the houses may also be mado 

 of the most comfortable description in winter. 



The Italian chimney-tops, unlike the Grecian, are 

 always openly shown and rendered ornamental ; and as 

 we have already mentioned, the irregularity in the masses 

 of the edifice and shape of the roof, renders the sky 

 outline of a building in this style, extremely picturesque. 

 A villa, however small, in the Italian style, may have an 

 elegant and expressive character, without interfering 

 with convenient internal arrangements, while at the same 

 time this style has the very great merit of allowing 

 additions to be made in almost any direction, without 

 ■'■j:^,'/-- injuring the effect of the 



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original structure ; indeed 

 such is the variety of sizes 

 and forms which the dif- 

 ferent parts of an Italian 

 villa may take, in perfect 

 accordance with architec- 



[Pig. 47. The New Haven Suburban Villa.*] 



tural jn-opriety, that the original edifice frequently gains in 

 beauty by additions of this description. Those who are 

 aware how many houses are every year erected in the 

 United States by persons of moderate fortune, who would 

 gladly make additions at some subsequent period, could 

 this be done without injuring the effect or beauty of the 

 main building, will, we think, acknowledge how much, 



* New Haven abounds with tasteful residences. " Hillhouse Avenue," in 

 particular, is remarkable for a neat display of Tuscan or Italian Suburban 

 Villas. Moderate in dimension and economical in construction, these exceed- 

 ingly neat edifices may be considered as models for this kind of dwelling. 

 Fig. 47, without being a precise copy of any one of these buildings, may be 

 taken as a pretty accurate representation of their general appearance. 



