Main entry:

Starr, S. Frederick.

Title & Author:

Southern comfort : the Garden District of New Orleans, 1800-1900 / S. Frederick Starr ; photographs by Robert S. Brantley.

Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©1989.

Description:

xi, 308 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 296-301) and index.
Introduction: City and suburb -- "Uptown" and the Americanization of New Orleans -- The patrons -- Antebellum style -- James Robb: magnate and patron -- Artitects and builders -- Architects of opulence -- The culture of comfort: life in the Garden District -- Slaves, servants, and retainers -- A neighborhood war, 1861-1865 -- Men and mansions of the postwar bubble -- End of an era, 1873-1900.
Also issued online.

Summary:

Study of the cultural, social and architectural histories of the Garden District of New Orleans with a detailed written record of issues relating to real estate and architecture. Includes biographical material.

ISBN:

0262192837
9780262192835

Subject:

Dwellings Louisiana New Orleans.
Architecture, Domestic Louisiana New Orleans.
Architecture, Victorian Louisiana New Orleans.
Architecture victorienne Louisiane La Nouvelle-Orléans.
Habitations Louisiane La Nouvelle-Orléans.
Architecture, Victorian
Architecture, Domestic
Buildings
Dwellings
Architektur
Garden District (New Orleans, La.) History.
New Orleans (La.) History.
Garden District (New Orleans, La.) Buildings, structures, etc.
New Orleans (La.) Buildings, structures, etc.
Garden District (New Orleans, La.) Biography.
New Orleans (La.) Biography.
La Nouvelle-Orléans (Louis.) Histoire.
Garden District (La Nouvelle-Orléans, Louis.) Histoire.
Louisiana New Orleans
Louisiana New Orleans Garden District
New Orleans, La.
Residential areas History
Louisiana

Form/genre:

Biography.
Biographies
History

Added entries:

Brantley, Robert S.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 48509
Call No.: ID:89-B7559
Status: Available