W. G. Low House

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	W. G. Low House
Designer	McKim, Mead, and White
Location	Bristol, Rhode Island, USA
Date	1887
Building Type	large house
Climate	temperate
Context	oceanside
Architectural Style	Shingle Style
Street Address
Notes	One long wide gable, with classical symmetry and informal development.
At Great Buildings	http://www.GreatBuildings.com/buildings/W._G._Low_House.html

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Commentary

"In the Low house McKim gathered all the elements of the house and submerged them under a great triangular gable or pediment. The roof was the house. Slight eruptions occurred with the twin bulging bays on the bay side, and the deep penetration of the porch but overall the predetermined form was paramount. Straight-cut cypress shingles covered the exterior surfaces, other trim was confined to thin moldings."

— Richard Guy Wilson. McKim, Mead & White Architects. New York: Rizzoli, 1983. p121-122.

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Leland M. Roth. A Concise History of American Architecture. New York: Harper and Row, Publishers, 1979. ISBN 0-06-430086-2. NA705.R67 1979. discussion, p159, exterior photo, p158.

Marvin Trachtenberg and Isabelle Hyman. Architecture, from Prehistory to Post-Modernism. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1986. photo, p492.

Richard Guy Wilson. McKim, Mead and White, Architects. New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1983. Exterior photo of front of building, f150, p118.