From fort to port : an architectural history of Mobile, Alabama, 1711-1918 / Elizabeth Barrett Gould.

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Gould, Elizabeth Barrett, 1906-

Title & Author:

From fort to port : an architectural history of Mobile, Alabama, 1711-1918 / Elizabeth Barrett Gould.

Publication:

Description:

x, 317 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-308) and index.

Summary:

From Fort to Port covers the architectural history of the city of Mobile, Alabama, from the time of the French fort of 1711 to the end of World War I in 1918. The text, with 332 illustrations, traces the history of Mobile's architecture from the town's beginnings as a colonial military outpost o its establishment as a modern commercial port city. Included is a record of the evolution of commercial, civic, religious, and residential buildings as they were affected by the environment, by building practices, and by the historical and social changes brought about through two centuries.

ISBN:

0817302565
9780817302566

Subject:

Architecture Alabama Mobile.
Architecture.
Buildings.
Mobile (Ala.) Buildings, structures, etc.
Alabama Mobile.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 35009
Call No.: ID:88-B6384
Status: Available

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