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Author: William Barksdale Maynard Publisher: ISBN: Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages : 384
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"The first book to document the state's architectural history from all periods. Extensively illustrated with photographs and maps, and supplemented by a glossary and bibliography, the volume covers buildings of many styles, types, and materials, from grand mansions to vernacular structure, and from urban to rural settings."--Publisher's description.
Author: William Barksdale Maynard Publisher: ISBN: Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages : 384
Book Description
"The first book to document the state's architectural history from all periods. Extensively illustrated with photographs and maps, and supplemented by a glossary and bibliography, the volume covers buildings of many styles, types, and materials, from grand mansions to vernacular structure, and from urban to rural settings."--Publisher's description.
Author: Bernard L. Herman Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press ISBN: 9780870496325 Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages : 308
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"A pioneering account of mid-Atlantic folk architecture and of the nineteenth-century transformation of traditional agriculture. . . . A major study of American vernacular architecture."--Dell Upton, University of California, Berkeley "Bernard L. Herman has provided us with a model study in the interdisciplinary interpretation of a common landscape."--Robert Blair St. George, Journal of American Folklore "An impressive study that adds an important dimension to our understanding of the built environment."--Clifford E. Clark Jr., American Historical Review "A wide range of reader expectations will be met by this book. Herman provides a focused community study as well as an interpretation of vernacular architecture in the Mid-Atlantic region."--John Michael Vlach, Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians "Scholars will be impressed by Herman's ability to marshal different kinds of evidence to buttress his contention that architecture reveals not just how people materially ordered their lives but helped 'to create and maintain order, to project images of self and community, and to control meaning in social discourse.'"--Choice The Author: Bernard L. Herman teaches at the University of Delaware, where is a professor of art history and senior research fellow at the Center for Historic Architecture and Design. Among his many publications are Everyday Architecture of the Mid-Atlantic: Looking at Buildings and Landscapes (co-author with Gabrielle M. Lanier) and Historical Architectural and the Study of American Culture (co-editor with Lu Ann De Cunzo).
Author: Doug Gelbert Publisher: Cruden Bay Books ISBN: 9781935771678 Category : Languages : en Pages : 108
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Imagine a group of settlers arriving in an undeveloped location. First come shelters in which to live and then structures in which to work and shop. There are buildings for worship and education. As the community grows government buildings are required. With prosperity comes places in which to spend leisure time. And each step along the way builds a story only Delaware can call its own. That story is all around you in the work of those who came before you. In these pages you'll learn the explanations behind the quirks, the traditions and the secrets that make Delaware uniquely Delaware. The origin of the highball? Solved. Green serpentine stone? A mystery no more. The nation's oldest serving church building? Identified. The oldest golf course in Delaware? Revealed. Swedish souvenirs...Blue Hen football...the "Penman of the Revolution"...iron horses...kissing bridges...illustrious illustrators...cast iron architecture...steamers...the CCC...sweet potatoes...horse racing...kit houses...the golden age of motoring...broilers...early aviation... the rise of suburbia...peaches...Sears Kit Houses...This book will have you telling stories like a native in no time. Almost all of the selections within are open to the public, or at least visible from public spaces. So, if you haven't seen these landmarks in person, fire up your GPS and get out and see the story of the Land of Enchantment standing in plain sight on Delaware streets!
Author: Doug Gelbert Publisher: Independently Published ISBN: Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages : 0
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If those walls could talk...this is what they would say. A story about Delaware. Swedish souvenirs...Blue Hen football...the "Penman of the Revolu- tion"...iron horses...kissing bridges...illustrious illustrators...cast iron architecture...steamers...the CCC...sweet potatoes...horse racing... kit houses...the golden age of motoring...broilers...early aviation... the rise of suburbia...peaches...the story of Delaware is written in the lighthouses and bridges and mills and mansions that define the First State. Imagine a group of settlers arriving in an undeveloped location. First come shelters in which to live and then structures in which to work and shop. There are buildings for worship and education. As the commu- nity grows government buildings are required. With prosperity comes places in which to spend leisure time. And each construction choice crafts a story unique to Delaware, a story told in 100 buildings. This picture book looks at 100 pieces of the built world that have shaped Delaware from her beginnings. Places and spaces could be fa- mous for their architecture or distinguished by the people associated with them. Some stand out for their engineering. Others are famous just for being famous. All have contributed to the tapestry of the great Delaware story. Almost all of the selections within are open to the public, or at least visible from public spaces. So, if you haven't seen these landmarks in person, fire up your GPS and get out and see the history of the First State standing in plain sight on Delaware streets!
Author: Gerald Moorhead Publisher: Buildings of the United States ISBN: 9780813942346 Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages : 576
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From Dallas-Fort Worth to El Paso, Goodnight to Marfa to Langtry, and scores of places in between, the second of two towering volumes assembled by Gerald Moorhead and a team of dedicated authors offers readers a definitive guide to the architecture of the Lone Star State. Canvassing Spanish and Mexican buildings in the south and southwest and the influence of Anglo- and African American styles in the east and north, the latest book in the Buildings of the United States series serves both as an accessible architectural and cultural history and a practical guide. More than 1,000 building entries survey the most important and representative examples of forts, courthouses, houses, churches, commercial buildings, and works by internationally renowned artists and architects, from the Kimbell Art Museum's Louis Kahn Building to Donald Judd's art installations at La Mansana de Chinati/The Block. Brief essays highlight such topics as the history and construction of federal forts, the growth and spread of Harvey House restaurants, and the birth of Conrad Hilton's hotel empire. Enlivened by 350 illustrations and 45 maps, Buildings of Texas: East, North Central, Panhandle and South Plains, and West affords local and out-of-state visitors, as well as more distant readers, a compelling journey filled with countless discoveries.
Author: George D. (George Drayton) 187 Strayer Publisher: Wentworth Press ISBN: 9781362341093 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 248
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Author: George D. Strayer Publisher: ISBN: 9781331277736 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 240
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Excerpt from General Report on School Buildings and Grounds of Delaware, 1919 All real progress must rest upon a solid foundation of fact. This is just as true in education as in business. Educationalists in the past have been too prone to follow theories, irrespective of the actual local conditions and needs. In August we published a report on the physical condition of the following schools: Alexis I. du Pont, Mt. Pleasant, New Castle, Newark, Middletown, Smyrna, Dover, Caesar Rodney, Harrington, Milford, Seaford, Blades, Laurel, Georgetown and Lewes. The report was made by Dr. George D. Strayer, Professor of Educational Administration, Teachers' College, Columbia University, and Professor N. L. Engelhardt, Associate Professor of Educational Administration, Teachers' College, Columbia University. They are recognized experts in their own field. In making the survey and writing the report they had no motive or purpose other than to give an accurate description of conditions as they found them in Delaware. This volume has been prepared by Dr. Strayer and Dr. Engelhardt in exactly the same way as the former one. It is an account of the majority of our schools in Delaware, with accurate descriptions and photographs of typical instances. Both of these reports are in the possession of the State Board of Education, and they have also been widely distributed throughout the State. The first impression the reader obtains is one of discouragement. Conditions are undoubtedly bad, but the people of Delaware today are anxious that things which are wrong should be righted as quickly as possible. If there were no prospect of improving our educational conditions, it would be a cruel humiliation to publish such a record as this. Happily we are in the position of being able not only to make the bad good and the good better in the matter of the physical equipment of our schools, but all over the State the best citizens are anxious that these things should be done and done at once. The cost to the taxpayer is not prohibitive. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: William Barksdale Maynard
Author: William Barksdale Maynard
Author: George Drayton Strayer
Author: George Fletcher Bennett
Author: Bernard L. Herman
Author: Service Citizens of Delaware
Author: Doug Gelbert
Author: Doug Gelbert
Author: Gerald Moorhead
Author: George D. (George Drayton) 187 Strayer
Author: George D. Strayer