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ticn, without injuring the 
A effect of the original struc- 
ture ; indeed such is the 
variety of sizes and forms, 
which the different parts of 
an Italian villa may take, 
[Pig. 43. The New-Haven Suburban Villa.*] ™ perfect aCCOrdanCe With 
architectural propriety, 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, even were 
it in this single point alone, the Italian style is superior to the 
Grecian for rural residences.! 
* 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 exceedingly neat 
edifices, may be considered as models for this kind of dwelling. Fig. 43, without 
being a precise copy of any one of these buildings, may be taken as a pretty accu- 
rate representation of their general appearance. 
t The villa of Theodore Lyman, Esq., at Brookline, near Boston, Fig. 44, 
is a highly interesting specimen of this style, designed by Mr. Upjohn — beautiful 
in exterior effect, and replete internally with every comfort and convenience. 
Riverside Villa, the residence of Bishop Doane, at Burlington, New-Jersey, is one 
of the best examples of the Italian style in this country. For the drawings from 
which figures 45 and 46 are engraved, and for the following description, we are 
indebted to the able architect, John Notman, Esq., of Philadelphia, from whose 
designs the whole was constructed. 
The site of this villa is upon the east bank of the Delaware river, near the town 
of Burlington, and within a few rods of the margin of this lovely stream. 
The Delaware, at this part of its course, takes a direction nearly west ; and 
while the river front, (comprising the drawing-room, hall, and library,) command- 
ing the finest water views, which are enjoyed to the greatest advantage in summer, 
