Main entry:
Vanderbilt, Cornelius, Jr., 1898-1974, author.
Title & Author:
The living past of America : pictorial treasury of our historic houses and villages that have been preserved and restored / by Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr.
Publication:
New York : Crown Publishers, [1955]
©1955
Description:
xiv, 234 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 29 cm
Notes:
Introduction -- Picture credits -- NEW ENGLAND: -- Massachusetts: -- Plymouth: The landing of the Pilgrims -- The John Alden house -- Salem: "A new world Venice" -- Boston: "Hub of the universe," "Mother of freedom" -- Concord -- The Saugus ironworks -- Adams National Historic Site -- The Adams Birthplaces -- Old Deerfield: An extraordinary village-A "natural" preservation -- Old Sturbridge village: Town of the 1800s -- Amesbury -- Historic seacoast: The Cape, Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket -- MAINE: -- Augusta: Trading Post, Shiretown, Capital -- Portland: "Resurgam!" -- Lady Pepperrell Mansion -- The Colonial Black Mansion -- NEW HAMPSHIRE: -- Portsmouth: The old town on the sea -- The Daniel Webster Memorial -- VERMONT: -- The Shelburne Museum: A typical Vermont village -- RHODE ISLAND: -- Newport: Historic port and last resort -- Governor Stephen Hopkins House -- Carrington House -- Gilbert Stuart Birthplace -- Old Slater Mill -- CONNECTICUT: -- Mystic seaport: Living museum of the sea -- Henry Whitfield House -- Webb House: Scene of the Yorktown Conference -- The Glebe House: Birthplace of American Episcopacy -- The Tapping Reeve House -- MIDDLE ATLANTIC: -- NEW YORK: -- Bowne House: A shrine to religious freedom -- Sagamore Hill: Home of Theodore Roosevelt -- Fraunces Tavern -- Cooper Union -- The Roger Morris-Jumel Mansion -- The Frick Collection -- Van Cortlandt Mansion -- Philipse Castle: Residence of the first lord of the Manor -- Philipse Manor -- Sunnyside: Sleepy Hollow Land -- Vanderbilt Mansion -- Hyde Park: Home of Franklin Delano Roosevelt -- Hasbrouck Home -- Senate House: Where the first State Senate met -- Street of the Huguenots -- Fort Crailo -- Schuyler Mansion -- Mark Twain's study: A literary shrine -- Herkimer Home: "Old Honikol's House" -- Cooperstown: The Leatherstocking Company -- Old Fort Niagara -- The George Eastman birthplace: A photographic shrine --
NEW JERSEY: -- Nassau Hall: Academic and historic shrine -- The William Trent House -- Morristown: A military capital of the American Revolution -- PENNSYLVANIA: -- Independence Hall: Shrine of liberty -- The Betsy Ross House -- Christ Church: The nation's church -- Elfreth's Alley -- Fairmount Park: The park of mansions -- Leticia Street House -- Cedar Grove -- Mount Pleasant -- The "Colonial Chain" -- Sweetbrier -- Woodford -- Belmont -- Strawberry Mansion -- Valley Forge: Symbol of the American spirit -- The Thompson-Neely House: "Where Washington Crossed the Delaware" -- The John Morton Homestead -- Pennsbury: The Manor House of William Penn -- Hopewell Village -- The Daniel Boone Homestead -- The Drake Oil Well: The world's first successful oil well -- Ephrata Cloister: An unusual religious experiment -- DELAWARE: -- Winterthur: Home of 100 period rooms -- Holy Trinity (Old Swedes) Church -- MARYLAND: -- Great Falls Tavern: On the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal -- Hager's Fancy -- The Hammond-Harwood House -- The Poe House -- Peale Museum: A "first" in museums -- Hampton: One of the great Georgian houses of America -- DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: -- Pierce Mill -- Joaquin Miller Cabin -- The White House: The Executive Mansion -- SOUTHEAST: -- VIRGINIA: -- Colonial Williamsburg: "That the future may learn from the past" -- Arlington House: The Lee Mansion -- Mount Vernon: George Washington's Home -- Woodlawn Plantation: George Washington's Birthplace -- Gunston Hall -- Stratford Hall: Birthplace of Robert E. Lee -- Historic Fredericksburg -- Mary Ball Washington House -- James Monroe law office and museum -- Stonewall Jackson Shrine -- Hugh Mercer Apothecary shop -- Richmond: Capital of the Confederacy -- The Wickham-Valentine House -- Wilton -- Monticello: Home of Thomas Jefferson -- Ash Lawn: Home of James Monroe -- Michie Tavern: Boyhood Home of Patrick Henry -- Woodrow Wilson Birthplace -- Colonial National Historic Park: Jamestown site, Cape Henry Memorial and Yorktown -- Berkeley -- Appomattox Court House -- Lee Chapel and President's House --
WEST VIRGINIA: -- The Washington homes of Jefferson County -- Harewood -- Happy Retreat -- Claymont Court -- Blakeley -- Shepherd Hall -- Mansion House -- KENTUCKY: -- Abraham Lincoln National Historic Park -- Ashland: Home of Henry Clay -- Harrodsburg: Cradle of Kentucky -- William Whitley House -- Duncan Tavern -- Federal Hill: "My Old Kentucky Home" -- Wickland: Home of three governors -- The Ephraim McDowell Memorial: A medical Shrine -- The Rob Morris Memorial -- TENNESSEE: -- The Hermitage: Home of Andrew Jackson -- Ancestral Home of James K. Polk -- Belle Meade: Home of thoroughbreds -- The Governor William Blount Mansion -- NORTH CAROLINA: -- Andrew Johnson Birthplace -- Old Salem -- Biltmore -- The Duke Homestead -- Oconaluftee Indian Village -- SOUTH CAROLINA: -- Fort Hill: Home of John C. Calhoun -- Historic Charleston: Seat of old southern culture -- GEORGIA: -- Picturesque Savannah: Historic waterfront city -- The Little White House -- Fort Frederica -- Midway Church -- ALABAMA: -- Ivy Green: Birthplace of Helen Keller -- Rosemount Mansion -- Arlington Historical Shrine -- FLORIDA: -- Old St. Augustine: Oldest city in the country -- Vizcaya: Palace of a merchant prince -- NORTH CENTRAL: -- OHIO: -- The Rufus Putnam House -- U.S. Grant Birthplace -- Thomas Edison Birthplace -- Adena -- Zoar Village State Memorial: A typically unique religious community -- Schoenbrunn Village -- The Pioneer Home -- Hawthorn Hill, Home of Orville Wright -- Rubicon Homestead, The Patterson Memorial -- INDIANA: -- Territorial Capital -- Harrison ("Tippecanoe") Mansion -- Lincoln Pioneer Village -- The Lanier Home -- James Whitcomb Riley Birthplace -- New Harmony: Scene of two utopian ventures -- MICHIGAN: -- Greenfield Village: The Henry Ford Museum --
ILLINOIS: -- New Salem State Park: "The Lincoln Village" -- Abraham Lincoln's Home: The Lincoln Country -- Ulysses S. Grant Home -- WISCONSIN: -- Pendarvis: The Cornish Restoration -- Waelderhaus -- Lincoln-Tallman House -- Milton House -- Kilbourntown House -- The Dewey Homestead -- MINNESOTA: -- Grand Portage -- Fort Snelling -- IOWA: -- Herbert Hoover Birthplace -- MISSOURI AND SOUTH CENTRAL: -- MISSOURI: -- Ste. Genevieve: Missouri's oldest city -- Mark Twain's boyhood home -- St. Louis: Gateway to the West -- The Eugene Field House -- Campbell House -- Hardscrabble House -- Fort Osage -- ARKANSAS: -- Arkansas Territorial Capital -- MISSISSIPPI: -- Natchez: The Pilgrimage City -- LOUISIANA: -- New Orleans: America's Old World Capital -- The Acadian Country -- Oakley Plantation House: Audubon Memorial Park -- SOUTHWEST, CENTRAL AND MOUNTAIN: -- TEXAS: -- Sam Houston Memorial -- The Alamo -- San Jose Mission -- Judge Roy Bean's Court -- KANSAS: -- Eisenhower Home -- Fort Leavenworth -- SOUTH DAKOTA: -- The Gordon Stockade and the Way Museum -- WYOMING: -- Fort Laramie: Historic fur trade and military post -- COLORADO: -- The Healy House and The Dexter Cabin -- UTAH: -- Lion House: Mount Vernon of the Mormons -- NEW MEXICO: -- Old Santa Fe -- Taos Pueblo -- ARIZONA: -- Mission San Xavier del Bac -- Pipe Spring National Monument Tombstone -- NEVADA: -- Virginia City -- THE PACIFIC COAST: -- CALIFORNIA: -- Sutter's Mill and Sutter's Fort: The gold discovery memorials -- The California missions: "The Camino Real" -- Columbia Historic State Park -- Fort Ross -- OREGON: -- McLoughlin House -- WASHINGTON: -- Old Fort Nisqually -- DIRECTORY OF NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATIONS.
Also issued online.
Summary:
This volume provides a pictorial overview of historic restorations and preservations, including houses and villages in New England, Middle Atlantic, Southeast, North Central, Missouri and South Central, southwest, Central and Mountain, and the Pacific Coast.
Subject:
Historic buildings United States Pictorial works.
Dwellings United States Pictorial works.
Villages United States Pictorial works.
Habitations États-Unis Ouvrages illustrés.
Villages États-Unis Ouvrages illustrés.
Dwellings
Historic buildings
Villages
Habitations États-Unis.
Villages États-Unis.
Architecture rurale États-Unis.
United States
Form/genre:
illustrated books.
Illustrated works
Ouvrages illustrés.
Holdings:
Location: Library main 43551
Call No.: 0005788; ID:89-B3295
Status: Available
Location: Library main 43550
Call No.: 859; ID:89-B3295
Status: Available
