[Illustration: Characteristic Rear Ells and Lean-to] “95% PERFECT” The Older Residences at Nantucket Viewed and Analyzed by Everett U. Crosby COPYRIGHT 1937 BY EVERETT U. CROSBY PREFACE This book is dedicated to those who assist in keeping unmarred, the old Nantucket dwellings. Its object is to be of assistance to that end. The drawings are by Mr. Alfred Shurrocks, photographs by the Pivirotto Studio, the printing by The Inquirer and Mirror Press--all of Nantucket Island, Massachusetts. The following organizations, while in no way responsible for the preparation of the book, or for the subject matter in it, wish to be herein recorded as in sympathy with a continued movement to preserve the architecture of old Nantucket in every possible detail: Nantucket Historical Association, Chas. E. Congdon, Pres. Nantucket Civic League, William L. Mather, Pres. Nantucket Plant Guild, Mrs. William Wallace, Vice Pres. The Winter Club, Fred V. Fuller, Sec. E. U. C. CONTENTS Page 5. Preface 6. Contents 7. “95% Perfect” 8. Periods 8-9. Doing Over Old Houses 9-10. Analysis 11-12. Census 13. The Typical House 14. Description of the Drawings 15-19. Typical Houses: Drawings. 20-21. Window Frames and Sash: Drawings. 22-23. The Altered House: Drawings and Description. 24. Conflagration District of 1846: Map 25. Alterations 29. Early Influences 27-30. Details of Old Houses. Back side or Rear. Roof Coverings. White Trim. Blinds. Conductors. Front Doorway. Entry. Windows. Roof Walks. High Basements. Cupolas and Roof Balustrades. 95% to 85% Perfect. 31. Dated Houses 32. Conclusion 33-68. Photographs of Old Houses 69-74. Descriptions of Nantucket 1772--M. St. Jean de Crevecoeur: Letters From An American Farmer. 1791--Walter Folger, jun. 1792--Zaccheus Macy 1801--Josiah Quincy 1807--Anonymous 1811--Joseph Sansom; The Portfolio, Phila. 1850 (before and after)--Joseph E. C. Farnham: Memories of Boyhood Days on Nantucket. 1876--S. A. Drake: Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast. 1882--E. K. Godfrey 1924--Walter Prichard Eaton 75.