are the examples of this practice in America which carry conviction. An architect usually detects them as easily as a barber spots a toupee.
It is interesting to note that when bricks are used to fill the interstices between the timbers, they are usually laid in a manner to fit the opening most conveniently, even though that be vertically or on an angle.
Although in form there prevails a relative simplicity, in detail, of course, some of the old houses are most elaborate, even rivalling at times the complexity and handiwork of the stone carving
of the period. The heavy first story lintel and the brackets supporting it, the cornice if there happened to be such a thing, and often the main vertical supports, seem to be the most logical and favored members on which the wood carver might show his skill.
That the influence of good antique examples can lead to equally good modem half timber work is proven at Rouen, where the builders, surrounded by any number of splendid types, have produced many half timbered houses of a charm and originality hardly excelled by their predecessors.
A BASKET SHOP AND MOTOR FILLING STATION
FROM THE ORIGINAL SKETCH BY SAMUEL CHAMBERLAIN