Main entry:

Whiffen, Marcus, author. aut

Title & Author:

The eighteenth-century houses of Williamsburg; a study of architecture and building in the colonial capital of Virginia.

Publication:

Williamsburg, Virginia : Published by Colonial Williamsburg, [1960]
New York : Distributed by Holt, Rinehart, and Winston
[Philadelphia] : [Composition and Preswork by Edward Stern and Co.]
[Bound by Russell-Rutter Co.]

Description:

xx, 223 pages illustrations, map (on lining papers) diagrams, facsimile, plans 26 cm

Series:

Williamsburg architectural studies [v. 2]

Notes:
Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 201-216)
Part I. I. Building materials and "necessaries" ; II. The building crafts and craftsmen ; III. The craftsmen's tools and books ; IV. The houses of Williamsburg: general design ; V. The houses of Williamsburg: construction and detail -- Part II. A pictorial survey ; The Nelson-Galt House ; The John Blair House ; The Peyton Randolph House ; The Archibald Blair House ; The James Geddy House ; The Brush-Everard House ; Captain Orr's Dwelling ; The Ludwell-Paradise House ; The Moody House ; The Prentis Store ; The Benjamin Waller House ; The Carter-Saunders House ; The Wythe House -- The Greenhow-Repiton Brick Office ; The Lightfoot House ; The Tayloe House ; The Palmer House ; The Nicolson Shop ; The Ayscough House ; The Bracken House ; The Orrell House ; The Ewing House ; The Coke-Garrett House ; The Powell-Waller House ; The Charlton House ; Market Square Tavern ; The Allen-Byrd House ; The Semple House ; The Barraud House ; The St. George Tucker House ; The Taliaferro-Cole House ; The Taliaferro-Cole Shop ; Other eighteenth-century houses -- Appendixes. Appendix I. Excerpts from the Harwood account book ; Appendix II. Agreement relating to the painting of the St. George Tucker House.
Also issued online.
Southeastern Library Association Southern Books Competition, 1960

Subject:

Dwellings Virginia Williamsburg.
Architecture Virginia Williamsburg History 18th century.
Architecture, Colonial Virginia Williamsburg.
Architecture, Domestic Virginia Williamsburg.
Architecture, Colonial.
Habitations Virginie Williamsburg.
Architecture coloniale Virginie Williamsburg.
Architecture coloniale.
Colonial North American.
Architecture.
Architecture, Domestic.
Buildings.
Dwellings.
Williamsburg (Va.) Buildings, structures, etc.
Virginia Williamsburg.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
Williamsburg architectural studies ; v. 2.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 45701
Call No.: W3063; ID:89-B5025
Status: Available

Location: Library main 45700
Call No.: 880; ID:89-B5025
Status: Available