ill-building

Updated: May 19, 2025

It had been built in the Spanish style, a massive, dark, grim, huge, four-sided block, the fissure-like windows of its cells looking down into the four public streets which ran immediately under its walls. Dilapidation had followed hard behind ill-building contractors. Down its frowning masonry ran grimy streaks of leakage over peeling stucco and mould-covered brick.

George Washington Cable - Dr. Sevier