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closeness of window fixtures, the houses may also be made 
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 
[Fig. 44. The New Haven Suburban Villa.*] accordance with architec- 
tural 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, 
* 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. 41, without being a precise copy of any one of these buildings, may bo 
taken as a pretty accurate representation of their general appearance. 
injuring the effect of the 
original structure ; indeed 
such is the variety of sizes 
and forms which the dif- 
ferent parts of an Italian 
villa may take, in perfect 
