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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