Architecture by Mrs. Arthur Bell. The book covers chapters on Egyptian, Asiatic, Early American, Greek, Roman, Early Christian, Byzantine, Saracenic, Romanesque, Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Norman, Gothic, and Renaissance Architecture.
History of Christian Art
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A book with more than enough information if you wanted to find out about classic and Christian architecture. The author takes us along development of architecture from ancient world, through the architecture of the Christendom, up to the times of Crusades. Discussed is the architecture of Egypt, Assyria, Persia, and Greece. As the Romans came to power, they built upon the foundation of Greek architecture. As the Roman Empire fell, architecture 
When populations got large, there arose a need for better planned-out town building. A book on how different civilizations were planning their towns throughout history. Babylonians were planning out their cities prior to building. Greeks built on the knowledge of Babylonians. Italy and Romans continued the trend, along with establishment of various building codes.
A look at the architectural and artistic changes which have taken place in Rome as it was transformed from a pagan city into a Christian city. The first chapter has some points on the fact that the followers of Christ in the 1st century did not come just from the lowest layers of society, but from imperial circles as well. The rest of the chapters describe the differences between pagan temples and Christian churches, then pagan tombs, and Christian tombs.