# The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia Author: Cousins, Frank, 1851-1925; Riley, Phil M. (Phil Madison), 1882- Genre: Category: History - American Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29334 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Colonial+Architecture+of+Philadelphia+Cousins&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary Philadelphia occupies a unique position in American architecture. Few of the early settled cities of the United States can boast so extensive or so notable a collection of dwellings and public buildings in the so-called Colonial style, many of them under auspices that insure their indefinite perpetuation. These beautiful old structures are almost exclusively of brick and stone and of a more elaborate and substantial character than any contemporary work to be found above the Mason and Dixon line which later became in part the boundary between the North and the South. Erected and occupied by the leading men of substance of the Province of Pennsylvania, the fine old countryseats, town reside... ## Chapters - [Chapter 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-colonial-architecture-of-philadelphia-29334/chapters/12/index.md) - [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-colonial-architecture-of-philadelphia-29334/chapters/7/index.md) - [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-colonial-architecture-of-philadelphia-29334/chapters/2/index.md) - [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-colonial-architecture-of-philadelphia-29334/chapters/8/index.md) - [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-colonial-architecture-of-philadelphia-29334/chapters/5/index.md) - [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-colonial-architecture-of-philadelphia-29334/chapters/9/index.md) - [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-colonial-architecture-of-philadelphia-29334/chapters/4/index.md) - [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-colonial-architecture-of-philadelphia-29334/chapters/10/index.md) - [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-colonial-architecture-of-philadelphia-29334/chapters/1/index.md) - [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-colonial-architecture-of-philadelphia-29334/chapters/3/index.md) - [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-colonial-architecture-of-philadelphia-29334/chapters/6/index.md) - [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-colonial-architecture-of-philadelphia-29334/chapters/11/index.md)