Stately Homes in America: From Colonial Times to the Present Day

Stately Homes in America: From Colonial Times to the Present Day

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Book Description
Originally published in 1903, the chapters are:

Men Who Build Fine Houses

The Colonial Residence

The Meaning of the Transitional Dwelling

The Character of the Transitional Dwelling

The Beginnings of the Greater Modern Residence

The Modern American Residence - Economic and Social Conditions

The Modern American Residence - Its Exterior

The Modern American Residence - Its Interior

Vintage photos (both interior and exterior) are included with history about the homes, and architectural opinions of the time are given. A large number of homes are covered in extensive detail, including the residences of William Waldorf Astor, Andrew Carnegie, Henry M. Flagler, Cornelius Vanderbilt, J. Pierpont Morgan, Potter Palmer, Lawrence C. Phipps, and many more.

Stately Homes in America: From Colonial Times to the Present Day,Harry W. Desmond,Herbert Croly,University Press of the Pacific,1410207900,Architecture,Decoration & Ornament,Domestic,History - General,U.S. Architecture - General,History Of Art / Art & Design Styles,USA

Book Contents:

1. Sustainable Housing; Principles and Practice
2. Ten Houses: Ace Architects
3. The 70s House (Interior Angles)
4. The Architect's Dream : Houses for the Next Millennium
5. The Architecture of John Lautner
6. The Big House In Ireland: An Illustrated Anthology
7. The British Country House in the Eighteenth Century
8. The Chinese House : Craft, Symbol and the Folk Tradition (Images of Asia)
9. The Domestic Architecture of Benjamin Henry Latrobe
10. The Georgian Country House: Architecture, Landscape and Society

Book Contents

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