Grecian architecture in the United States of America

As it is admitted, then, that Grecian architecture is intrinsically beautiful in itself, and highly interesting in point of associations, it may be asked what are the objections, if any, to its common introduction into domestic Rural Architecture. To this we answer, that although this form meagrely copied, Fig. 42, is actually in more common use than any other style in the United States, it is greatly inferior to the Gothic and its modifications in fitness, including under that head all the comforts and conveniences of country life.