Asher Benjamin, a young country housewright, published a book in 1797 that is responsible for the way much of early New England looked. He was only 24 when he wrote The Country Builder’s Assistant. The book arose from his dissatisfaction with the large, lavish and expensive handbooks imported from England that most builders relied on. […]
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