A beautifully proportioned temple and correct in every sense of the Revival spirit, this structure ranks in the fore of Syracuse examples. With its rosetted door and window frames directly from the north door of the Erectheum, its rather sturdy Doric columns and splendid mouldings, it was never surpassed in detail by any fifth century temple.

That the classic impulse failed to ever completely restrain individual initiative, however, is no more vividly illustrated than by the delicate-non-Greek bow knots on the entablature, an unusual feature for the Greek Revival, and the Adam oval in the pediment and lower window panels.

Notice, too, the flush clapboards carried solely on the face. Further uncountered revolutionary tendencies are to be observed in the several wing structures (figure 8), so completely typical of the Greek Revival, with their varying levels and slants producing an exciting pattern. Here also to be seen is the destruction of the front pediment to prepare for the usual small cornice wings and the utilitarian detail of a window. The left-hand wing, although responsible for some classic details (see figure 7), is a later addition.

The interiors of this house are equally as-fin6, although not equally as spectacular, as the exteriors. Plate two illustrates the typical off-center plan with stair hall, front aid back parlors and other features more fully discussed in the text page 10. The chief interior note is, of course, the typical overhanging lintel, which is used throughout the house and ornamented solely with a fine egg and dart moulding. The fine paneling of the doors with two different types (see figures 10 and 11), and the simple scrolls of the stairway are especially to be commended. In this interior is also found illustration of the gaping doorways left between principle parlors (figure 9). Framed as a doorway, this opening is provided not with the usual sliding door but with folding doors, a feature just as satisfactory in the end.

The rebirth of this splendid example for the Episcopal Diocese is to be joyously anticipated.

Note 1: See plate number 1 taken from Volume II of "Classical Antiquities of Athens" by Stuart and Revett

Note 2: See text page 20