Back in Marlin Town-a town now boasting sidewalks of concrete and a new brick station, the fishermen saw the columned and porticoed mansions of the old man's sons-and their thoughts went back to the store with its bolts of calico, its harness, and above it the living quarters where these children had been born.
"The Tempering"
Charles Neville Buck
In place of the porticoed villa with its marble floor and beautiful statuary, its highly decorated atrium and sparkling fountains, she is now seen in what was the rudiment of the turreted castle with its rough hall and rush-strewn floor.
"Women of Early Christianity Woman: In all ages and in all countries, Vol. 3 (of 10)"
Alfred Brittain Mitchell Carroll
There was no reminiscence of the usual Southern porticoed gable or columned veranda.
"Sally Dows and Other Stories"
Bret Harte