Chester Hills Explained

Chester Hills
Birth Date:	1798
Death Date:	1854

Chester Hills was author of "The Builder's Guide", an architectural pattern book published in 1846, which, like those of Minard Lafever, influenced architecture in the United States. It is a "practical treatise" on Greek and Roman style architecture.

Two buildings influenced are in Rye, New York: Lounsberry and the 1838 Peter Augustus Jay House within the Boston Post Road Historic District.,^{[1] [2]}

See also

• 1838 Peter Augustus Jay House

References

1. Web site: [{{NHLS url|id=82001275}} <!--"Boston Post Road Historic District", December 12, 1986, by Karen Kennedy and Austin O'Brien. --> National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination]. pdf. 1986-12-12. National Park Service.
2. Web site: [{{NHLS url|id=82001275|photos=y}} <!--Boston Post Road--Accompanying photos, exterior and interiors, from 1979-1983. --> National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination]. pdf. 1986-12-12. National Park Service.