of house No. 5442 Germantown Avenue, 77;
fine-scale hand carving in, 111;
of Wharton house, 113;
molded, 162;
of old Spruce Street house, 178;
were the rule, 190;
miter-joined, 191

Architraves, fluted, 109;
molded, 112;
incised, 115;
of Upsala, 120;
horizontal, 172

Areaways, 40, 49, 61

Armat, Thomas, 81, 82

Armat, Thomas Wright, 81

Arnold, Benedict, 75, 76

Articles of Confederation, signing of, 205

Astragal, 176, 177, 180, 181

Bainbridge, Commodore, 221

Balconies, hall, 154

Ball and cross, 223

Ball and disk, 97

Balusters, of Stenton, 157;
of Whitby Hall, 159;
of Upsala, 167;
in Congress Hall, 209, 210

Balustraded, belvederes, 19, 73;
roof, 199;
clock-tower, 200

Balustrades, of stairway, 74, 157, 159, 167;
of porch, 92;
of wing steps, 98;
patterned after cathedral grilles and screens, 127;
of cast iron, of Wistar house, spiral design in, 129;
of house No. 207 La Grange Alley, 130;
of Independence Hall, 201

Bank of North America, 8, 9

Bank of Stephen Girard, 218

Bank of the United States, the first, and the building it occupied, 216-218

Barclay, Alexander, 20

"Barn" pointing, 55, 95

Bartram, John, 94

Bartram, William, 95

Bartram House, 93-95;
windows of, 136;
dormers of, 140;
with neither outside shutters nor blinds, 142

Bead and reel, 175, 176, 180, 181

Bed-molding, reeded, 109;
denticulated, 112

Belfry, 219

Belting, of Stenton, 26;
of Port Royal House, 35;
of city blocks, 39;
of Morris house, 49;
of Upsala, 60;
of The Woodlands stable, 66;
of Mount Pleasant, 73;
of Solitude, 83;
of Cliveden, 88;
of The Highlands, 91;
of Independence Hall, 199

Belvedere platform, 214

Belvederes, of Woodford, 19;
of Port Royal House, 35;
of Mount Pleasant, 73

Bezan, John, 3

Billmeyer, Michael, 99

Billmeyer house, description of, 98, 99;
history of, 99;
six-panel door of, 103;
seats of entrance of, 107;
stoop of, 129;
windows of, 138;
dormers of, 141

Bingham, Hannah, 44

Bingham, William, 43, 44

Blackwell, Colonel Jacob, 43

Blackwell, Rev. Doctor Robert, 43, 44

Blackwell house, description of, 42, 43;
history of, 43, 44;
eight-panel door of, 104;
windows of, 136, 138;
shutters of, 143, 145;
doorhead of, 192

Blinds, of Girard house, 31;
of Port Royal House, 35;
of city blocks, 40;
of Upsala, 60;
of Grumblethorpe,