# A house with a history

Author: Ruggles, Philo T. (Philo Taylor), 1803-1894

Genre: Category: History - American

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76040

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=A+house+with+a+history+Ruggles&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

It is a treat to see a house occasionally that is a little different from its neighbors. One that has not a brown-stone front and high brown-stone steps, and a brown-stone railing, and a brown-stone area, and the face of a brown-stone servant girl looking out of the basement window. There are a few houses in New York that were not cast in this mould, but very few; and whenever we see one it is a relief to the eyes to stop and look at it. If it happens to be a very old house, with one or two walls a little out of plumb and big dormer windows on the roof, so much the better, for then it brings a suggestion of big, airy rooms and other luxuries our ancestors enjoyed before what we call the “...

## Chapters

- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-house-with-a-history-76040/chapters/1/index.md)