Excerpt from A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Vol. 3 of 3: Biographical, Historical, and DescriptiveA Dictionary of Architecture and Building: Biographical, Historical, and Descriptive was written by Russell Sturgis in 1905. This is a 688 page book, containing 385698 words and 717 pictures. Search Inside is enabled for this title.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.