Chester Hills was author of "The Builder's Guide", an architectural
pattern book published in 1846, which, like those of
Minard Lafever, influenced architecture in the United States. It is a "practical treatise" on Greek and Roman style architecture.
Two buildings influenced are in
Rye
Rye (''Secale cereale'') is a grass grown extensively as a grain, a cover crop and a forage crop. It is a member of the wheat tribe (Triticeae) and is closely related to both wheat (''Triticum'') and barley (genus ''Hordeum''). Rye grain is u ...
, New York: Lounsberry and the
1838 Peter Augustus Jay House
The Jay Estate is a 23-acre park and historic site in Rye, New York, with the 1838 Peter Augustus Jay House at its center. It is the keystone of the Boston Post Road Historic District (New York), Boston Post Road Historic District, a National Hist ...
within the
Boston Post Road Historic District.,
See also
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1838 Peter Augustus Jay House
The Jay Estate is a 23-acre park and historic site in Rye, New York, with the 1838 Peter Augustus Jay House at its center. It is the keystone of the Boston Post Road Historic District (New York), Boston Post Road Historic District, a National Hist ...
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1798 births
1854 deaths
American architecture writers
19th-century American architects
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