Excerpt from The Colonial Architecture of Salem Much has been written about the fine old architecture of Salem. The most noted residences and other edifices have often provided subject material for magazine articles and chapters in volumes devoted to historic homes and Colonial furnishings; writers have described their rambles about the quaint and handsome streets; antiquaries have expatiated on the beautiful wood-carving, ironwork, brasses, furniture and wall papers; architects have exalted the exquisite detail and fine proportions of the doorways and mantels, and hailed Salem as among the greatest storehouses of American antiquities; and the publications of the Essex Institute and other historical and genealogical societies have compiled and presented much interesting data regarding important persons, places and things. This miscellany of subjects has been treated at random, however, and is widely scattered through so many forms of literature as to constitute a voluminous and ill-assorted library in itself. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.