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- catalog abstract "In this lavishly produced volume, authors Virginia and Lee McAlester explore outstanding landmark houses that exemplify America's major architectural and interior design styles from Colonial times to the mid-twentieth century. These twenty-five houses are illustrated with more than 350 specially commissioned full-color photographs of interior and exterior views, 125 black-and-white line drawings and floor plans, historical paintings, and vintage photographs. The text not only discusses the houses' architectural innovations and design elements but also profiles the architects and their clients. The featured houses were built by many of the country's leading architects - from Alexander Jackson Davis, Richard Morris Hunt, Henry Hobson Richardson, and McKim, Mead and White to Frank Lloyd Wright, the Greene brothers, and Walter Gropius - and owned by some of its most celebrated citizens, including Thomas Jefferson, Mark Twain, Thomas Edison, Jay Gould, the Guggenheims, the Phippses, and the Vanderbilts. As a result, the book is as much a cultural history as it is an architectural study. The authors also include an informative discussion of each style as it can be seen in vernacular versions around the country. Located all over the United States, most of the featured houses are open to the public, and the book provides their addresses and other helpful information for visitors. Great American Houses and Their Architectural Styles will be irresistible to all house lovers, architects, and designers, and will give readers a deeper understanding and appreciation of our rich architectural heritage.".
- catalog contributor b6400879.
- catalog contributor b6400880.
- catalog contributor b6400881.
- catalog created "1994.".
- catalog date "1994".
- catalog date "1994.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1994.".
- catalog description "Colonial houses : Iron Works House, Saugus, Massachusette : First-period English style -- Lee House, Marblehead, Massachusetts : Georgian style -- Russell House, Charleston, South Carolina : Federal style -- Monticello, Charlottesville, Virginia : early classical revival style -- Parlange, New Roads, Louisiana : French colonial style -- Spanish Governor's Palace, San Antonio, Texas : Spanish colonial style -- Romantic houses : Melrose, Natchez, Mississippi : Greek revival style -- Lyndhurst, Tarrytown, New York : Gothic revival style -- Morse-Libby house, Portland, Maine : Italianate style -- Victorian houses : Château-sur-Mer, Newport, Rhode Island : Second Empire style -- Mark Twain House, Hartford, Connecticut : stick style -- Glenmont, West Orange, New Jersey : Queen Anne style -- Naumkeag, Stockbridge, Massachusetts : shingle style -- Glessner House, Chicago, Illinois : Richardson Romanesque style.".
- catalog description "Eclectic houses : Westbury House, Old Westbury, Long Island, New York : colonial revival style -- Whitehall, Palm Beach, Florida : neoclassical style -- Stan Hywet Hall, Akron, Ohio : Tudor style -- Biltmore, Asheville, North Carolina : châteauesque style -- Vanderbilt House, Hyde Park, New York : beaux arts style -- Falaise, Sands Point, Long Island, New York : French eclectic style -- Vizcaya, Miami, Florida : Italian Renaissance style -- Casa del Herrero, Santa Barbara, California : Spanish eclectic style -- Dana-Thomas House, Springfield, Illinois : prairie style -- Gamble House, Pasadena, California : craftsman style -- Gropius House, Lincoln, Massachusetts : international style.".
- catalog description "In this lavishly produced volume, authors Virginia and Lee McAlester explore outstanding landmark houses that exemplify America's major architectural and interior design styles from Colonial times to the mid-twentieth century. These twenty-five houses are illustrated with more than 350 specially commissioned full-color photographs of interior and exterior views, 125 black-and-white line drawings and floor plans, historical paintings, and vintage photographs. The text not only discusses the houses' architectural innovations and design elements but also profiles the architects and their clients. The featured houses were built by many of the country's leading architects - from Alexander Jackson Davis, Richard Morris Hunt, Henry Hobson Richardson, and McKim, Mead and White to Frank Lloyd Wright, the Greene brothers, and Walter Gropius - and owned by some of its most celebrated citizens, including Thomas Jefferson, Mark Twain, Thomas Edison, Jay Gould, the Guggenheims, the Phippses, and the Vanderbilts. As a result, the book is as much a cultural history as it is an architectural study. The authors also include an informative discussion of each style as it can be seen in vernacular versions around the country. Located all over the United States, most of the featured houses are open to the public, and the book provides their addresses and other helpful information for visitors. Great American Houses and Their Architectural Styles will be irresistible to all house lovers, architects, and designers, and will give readers a deeper understanding and appreciation of our rich architectural heritage.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 336-337) and index.".
- catalog extent "348 p. :".
- catalog identifier "1558597506".
- catalog issued "1994".
- catalog issued "1994.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Abbeville Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "728.8/0973 20".
- catalog subject "Architecture, Domestic United States Themes, motives.".
- catalog subject "Historic buildings United States.".
- catalog subject "Interior decoration United States Themes, motives.".
- catalog subject "NA7205 .M36 1994".
- catalog tableOfContents "Colonial houses : Iron Works House, Saugus, Massachusette : First-period English style -- Lee House, Marblehead, Massachusetts : Georgian style -- Russell House, Charleston, South Carolina : Federal style -- Monticello, Charlottesville, Virginia : early classical revival style -- Parlange, New Roads, Louisiana : French colonial style -- Spanish Governor's Palace, San Antonio, Texas : Spanish colonial style -- Romantic houses : Melrose, Natchez, Mississippi : Greek revival style -- Lyndhurst, Tarrytown, New York : Gothic revival style -- Morse-Libby house, Portland, Maine : Italianate style -- Victorian houses : Château-sur-Mer, Newport, Rhode Island : Second Empire style -- Mark Twain House, Hartford, Connecticut : stick style -- Glenmont, West Orange, New Jersey : Queen Anne style -- Naumkeag, Stockbridge, Massachusetts : shingle style -- Glessner House, Chicago, Illinois : Richardson Romanesque style.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Eclectic houses : Westbury House, Old Westbury, Long Island, New York : colonial revival style -- Whitehall, Palm Beach, Florida : neoclassical style -- Stan Hywet Hall, Akron, Ohio : Tudor style -- Biltmore, Asheville, North Carolina : châteauesque style -- Vanderbilt House, Hyde Park, New York : beaux arts style -- Falaise, Sands Point, Long Island, New York : French eclectic style -- Vizcaya, Miami, Florida : Italian Renaissance style -- Casa del Herrero, Santa Barbara, California : Spanish eclectic style -- Dana-Thomas House, Springfield, Illinois : prairie style -- Gamble House, Pasadena, California : craftsman style -- Gropius House, Lincoln, Massachusetts : international style.".
- catalog title "Great American houses and their architectural styles / Virginia and Lee McAlester ; photographs by Alex McLean ; drawings by Larry Boerder and Carol Boerder-Snyder.".
- catalog type "text".