The American Heritage history of notable American houses / Author and editor in charge, Marshall B. Davidson. Biographical essays, Margot P. Brill.

Main entry:

Davidson, Marshall B.

Title & Author:

The American Heritage history of notable American houses / Author and editor in charge, Marshall B. Davidson. Biographical essays, Margot P. Brill.

Publication:

New York : American Heritage Pub. Co., [1971]

Description:

383 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
Introduction -- Our medieval legacy -- Georgian classics -- Federal classic -- Greeks, Goths and Tuscans -- In search of a style -- Homes of our century.

Summary:

Tells the story of life in America in terms of the houses Americans have planned, built, and lived in. From this we can reconstruct the growth of ideas, of cultural patterns, and of practical expedients that have led to the problems and possibilities that are our present inheritance.

ISBN:

0070154678
9780070154674
0070154686 (deluxe)
9780070154681 (deluxe)

Subject:

Historic buildings United States.
Architecture, Domestic United States.
Architecture domestique États-Unis.
Monuments historiques États-Unis.
Architecture, Domestic.
Historic buildings.
Domestic architecture United States.
United States.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 16824
Call No.: ID:87-B16297
Status: Available

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