Antiquity Books

Nicaraguan Antiquities

Carl Bovallius

Although this sketch is certainly not the place for an account of the history of Central America or Nicaragua, yet I may be permitted to give a brief statement of those few and disconnected notices th..

Newcom Tavern

Anonymous

Newcom Tavern was one of the first structures to be erected in Dayton, and it is the oldest Dayton building now standing. Long a familiar landmark of Van Cleve Park, on Monument Avenue in downtown Day..

Abury, A Temple of the British Druids, With Some Others

William Stukeley

Besides that learning which is the ornament of the present age, Your Lordship knows how to put a true value on the antiquities proper to Your own country. If they want somewhat of the delicacy of the ..

The ecclesiastical architecture of Scotland - Vol. 3 of 3

David MacGibbon

Reference is made in Vol. II. to Mr. T. L. Watson’s theory regarding the vaulting of the lower church in St. Mungo’s Cathedral, Glasgow. Having recently had the privilege, on the invitation of Mr. P. ..

The Allen County War Memorial Coliseum

Otto H. Adams

The story of the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum began ten years ago. The progression of events between the first consideration of the memorial in 1944 and its completion in 1952 was by no means sm..

The Origin of the Mound Builders

Alfred Oscar Coffin

The growth of civilization has always been along the courses of great rivers—the Nile, Euphrates, Ganges, Hoangho, Danube, the Mississippi and Ohio. The Mound-builders were an agricultural people, for..

Buried Cities and Bible Countries

George St. Clair

In one chapter, indeed—that relating to the topography of Jerusalem in Scripture times—I do venture to state my own views, and give my own map of localities; but it is only because my special study of..

Londinium, Architecture and the Crafts

W. R. Lethaby

It is curious that Roman buildings and crafts in Britain have hardly been studied as part of the story of our national art. Interesting varieties of concrete walling were developed by Roman build..