II. GEORGIAN COUNTRY HOUSES OF BRICK 16 III. CITY RESIDENCES OF BRICK 38 IV. LEDGE-STONE COUNTRY HOUSES 53 V. PLASTERED STONE COUNTRY HOUSES 69 VI. HEWN STONE COUNTRY HOUSES 86 VII. DOORWAYS AND PORCHES 101 VIII. WINDOWS AND SHUTTERS 134 IX. HALLS AND STAIRCASES 153 X. MANTELS AND CHIMNEY PIECES 169 XI. INTERIOR WOOD FINISH 185 XII. PUBLIC BUILDINGS 196 INDEX 227 _List of Plates_ I. Doorway, Cliveden, Germantown _Frontispiece_ PAGE II. Old Mermaid Inn, Mount Airy; Old Red Lion Inn 6 III. Camac Street, "The Street of Little Clubs"; Woodford, Northern Liberties, Fairmount Park. Erected by William Coleman in 1756 7 IV. Stenton, Germantown Avenue, Germantown. Erected by James Logan in 1727 12 V. Hope Lodge, Whitemarsh Valley. Erected by Samuel Morris in 1723; Home of Stephen Girard 13 VI. Port Royal House, Frankford. Erected in 1762 by Edward Stiles 16 VII. Blackwell House, 224 Pine Street. Erected about 1765 by John Stamper; Wharton House, 336 Spruce Street. Erected prior to 1796 by Samuel Pancoast 17 VIII. Morris House, 225 South Eighth Street. Erected in 1786 by John Reynolds 20 IX. Wistar House, Fourth and Locust Streets. Erected about 1750; Betsy Ross House, 239 Arch Street 21 X. Glen Fern, on Wissahickon Creek, Germantown. Erected about 1747 by Thomas Shoemaker; Grumblethorpe, 5261 Germantown Avenue, Germantown. Erected in 1744 by John Wister 24 XI. Upsala, Germantown Avenue and Upsala Streets, Germantown. Erected in 1798 by John Johnson; End Perspective of Upsala 25 XII. The Woodlands, Blockley Township, West Philadelphia. Erected in 1770 by William Hamilton; Stable at The Woodlands 28