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The Colonial Architecture of Salem and chinoiserieSalem, Massachusetts, has long been considered the center of New England's Colonial architecture, a storehouse of well preserved American antiquities. This profusely illustrated study, first published in 1919, represents the first complete, chronological survey of Colonial architecture in Salem from the town's settlement in 1626 to the end of its Colonial development in 1818. Focusing on such major styles as the gable and peaked roof house, the lean