A Word for Architecture 



hoods are constructed for permanent use in 

 imitation of the materials and methods nat- 

 urally adopted for temporary homes in the 

 wilderness or for pioneers' cabins, neither 

 the interests of true simplicity nor those of 

 true appropriateness are served. 



The tendency to which I refer finds many 

 illustrations in the use of bowlders or rough- 

 ly cut stones in constructions which should 

 wear a refined and dignified as well as a 

 simple aspect. Undoubtedly, this practice 

 has been largely inspired by the example of 

 Richardson. An architect so original, strong, 

 and skilful as he, could not fail to influence 

 profoundly the general course of his art; 

 and, as with every great master, this influ- 

 ence has been partly for good, partly for 

 evil. No other small building in this coun- 

 try has been so often described, pictured, 

 and discussed as the gardener's lodge which 

 he built, of huge rough bowlders, in the vil- 

 lage of North Easton, near Boston. It is, 

 indeed, a picturesque and interesting piece 

 of work, but it has certainly been imitated 

 in ways which Richardson never anticipat- 

 ed, and he would certainly have been dis- 

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