House and Garden 
THE GIBBES-DRAYTON HOUSE, CHARLESTON, BUILT IN 1780 
upheld by four Doric columns and overlook¬ 
ing a formal garden to the south. Viewed 
from the immediate front, Ancrum house 
is formal Georgian, nothing more. Viewed 
from another position, it takes on all the dig¬ 
nity and charm peculiar to any facade beset 
with white columns. From one point it is a 
typical Charleston house; from another with 
the intense blue of the southern sky contrast¬ 
ing with the white of the roughcast walls it is 
a bit of Italy—a Florentine villa. A similar 
plan is illustrated in a residence on East Bat¬ 
tery—the Seigling house ; only here the im¬ 
pressive side veranda is upheld by five Ionic 
columns instead ol by four of the Doric order. 
The ideas of the Greek revival, once in¬ 
troduced, spread with great rapidity through¬ 
out the South. A thoughtful piece of work 
here and there, such as the Bulloch house, 
of Savannah, by Jay, the English archi¬ 
tect, furnished a multitude of ideas which 
were adapted and readapted to the life of the 
Far South. One must have verandas in this 
climate. Why not have them extend all 
around the house ? One must have posts to 
support the roof of the veranda. Why not 
have Greek columns, since they were the 
fashion? The proposition was beautifully 
simple. The Greek temple as an edifice for 
domestic use was the result. All through 
the Far South one comes upon these “tem¬ 
ples ” unawares, conceived in all imaginable 
proportions, some quite remarkable, endowed 
with true beauty and true dignity; others 
pathetic objects ot outrageous proportions, 
for in architecture as elsewhere man is not 
always master of his fate. 
The Pope-Barrow house, at Athens, Ga., 
is an example of this Greek temple style of 
residence. The house is of roughcast. Phoe¬ 
nix Hall, at Roswell, Ga., the home of the 
Hansell Family, is another. In both these 
instances the columns are of solid masonry, 
a peculiarity of most early houses, as iron 
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