By Herbert J. Githens
DIRECTION: From the front entrance of the Main Branch of the Library (472 Jersey Avenue),
walk north along Jersey Avenue (away from park),
cross Mercer Street and turn right (east) on
Wayne Street. Just beyond Saint Matthews Church
on the right (south) side of the street is – the
Barrow Mansion (Ionic House) at 83 Wayne Street.
This mansion, dating from the 1840s, is an outstanding
example of high-styled Greek Revival architecture. Here a
porch supported by two-story columns of the Ionic order,
a Greek favorite, is arranged in a very formal way. The
entrance is also composed of simple classical forms. The
two piers that flank the entrance on either side support an
entablature (beam). Two sidelights on each side of the door
and a transom over the door provide a traditional Greek
Revival arrangement for lighting the hallway with natural light.
All of these features have wooden components, representative
of the carpenter's dominance in the early-nineteenth-century
construction industry.
The windows on the first floor are actually triple-hung
sash with sills on the floor, yielding a tall vertical effect.
Each sash has six panes of glass. At the second floor, the
size of the windows diminishes, to double-hung six-over-six
sash.
Proportions are important features of architecture.
Notice the relation of width to height and window to wall of
the Ionic House.
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