“There were many of the modern American houses here.” 22 July 2011 No Comments
When Thoreau wrote those words in his book on Cape Cod (published posthumously in 1865), he didn’t mean it as a compliment. He had nothing but disdain for the “modern” houses he saw on the Cape, white painted boxes built of “dimension timber, imported from Maine.” (The italics are his.) Not surprisingly, given the romantic […]