Abstract
WITH its dignified, five-bay facade of beaded wood siding, extensive interior carving and paneling, and floor plan of a central hall with four corner rooms, the Imlay house in Allentown, New Jersey, is a typical, although rather late, example of the small-town Georgian mansion. 1 The builder of the house, John Imlay (1754-1813), had antecedents in Allentown; but when he started construction, presumably in the early 179o's, he was continuing his career as a Philadelphia shipping merchant in the West Indies trade.2 The wallpaper and borders that adorned one of the front bedrooms on the
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