Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive) AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE Studies BY MONTGOMERY SCHUYLER WITH ILLUSTRATIONS [Illustration: colophon] NEW YORK HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS 1892 Copyright, 1892, by HARPER & BROTHERS. _All rights reserved._ TO K. L. S. _CONTENTS_ PAGE THE POINT OF VIEW 1 CONCERNING QUEEN ANNE 6 THE VANDERBILT HOUSES 52 THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE AS A MONUMENT 68 AN AMERICAN CATHEDRAL 86 GLIMPSES OF WESTERN ARCHITECTURE: I. CHICAGO 112 II. ST. PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS 168 _ILLUSTRATIONS_ NEW YORK: PAGE RECESSED BALCONY, W. H. VANDERBILT’S HOUSE 13 DOORWAYS ON MADISON AVENUE 17 ORIEL OF HOUSE IN FIFTY-FIFTH STREET 19 DOORWAY, FIFTH AVENUE, BELOW SEVENTY-FIFTH STREET 21 HOUSE IN FIFTY-SIXTH STREET 22 HOUSES IN MADISON AVENUE 25 DOORWAY AT FIFTH AVENUE AND SIXTY-SEVENTH STREET 33 GLIMPSE OF COLUMBIA COLLEGE FROM MADISON AVENUE 35 FROM GOVERNOR TILDEN’S HOUSE 37 ORIEL IN W. K. VANDERBILT’S HOUSE 39 REAR OF ROOF, HOUSE OF CORNELIUS VANDERBILT, FIFTH AVENUE 42 DOORWAY OF GUERNSEY BUILDING, BROADWAY 44 UNITED BANK BUILDING 46 POST BUILDING 47 GATEWAY OF MILLS BUILDING 49 THE VANDERBILT HOUSES: HOUSE OF W. K. VANDERBILT 53 HOUSE OF CORNELIUS VANDERBILT 59 HOUSES OF W. H. VANDERBILT 63 POST AND RAILING, W. H. VANDERBILT’S HOUSE 67 THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE: