The sandstone architecture of the Lake Superior region / Kathryn Bishop Eckert.

Main entry:

Eckert, Kathryn Bishop.

Title & Author:

The sandstone architecture of the Lake Superior region / Kathryn Bishop Eckert.

Publication:

Description:

324 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.

Series:

Great Lakes books

Notes:
Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--Michigan State University, 1982.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-304) and index.
Introduction -- [ch.] 1. Lake Superior sandstone : the Jacobsville Formation and the Bayfield Group -- [ch.] 2. The sandstone architecture of Marquette -- [ch.] 3. The sandstone architecture of the Copper Country -- [ch.] 4. The sandstone architecture of the Chequamegon Bay Area, Superior, and Duluth -- Appendix 1. Significant quarry companies in the Jacobsville Formation and Bayfield Group -- Appendix 2. Stockholders/investors in significant quarry companies in the Jacobsville Formation and Bayfield Group -- Appendix 3. Sandstone buildings in the Lake Superior Region -- Appendix 4. Representative Jacobsville and Bayfield sandstone buildings elsewhere.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

"Kathryn Bishop Eckert studies this region as a built environment and examines the efforts of architects and builders to use local red sandstone. Eckert stresses the importance of the building materials as she explores the architectural history of a region whose builders wanted to reflect the local landscape." "Architectural historians, cultural geographers, geologists, and historic preservationists will be interested in this book that illuminates the history behind sandstone architecture."--Jacket.

ISBN:

0814328075 (alk. paper)
9780814328071 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Sandstone buildings Superior, Lake, Region.
Regionalism in architecture Superior, Lake, Region.
Sandstone Superior, Lake, Region.
Constructions en grès Supérieur, Région du lac.
Régionalisme en architecture Supérieur, Région du lac.
Grès Supérieur, Région du lac.
Regionalism in architecture.
Sandstone.
Sandstone buildings.
Régionalisme (architecture) Grands lacs américains.
Architecture Superior, Lake, Region 19th century.
Lake Superior Region.

Form/genre:

Theses.

Added entries:

Great Lakes books.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 213097
Call No.: NA722 .E3 2000
Status: Available

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