Main entry:

Longstreth, Richard W.

Title & Author:

The buildings of main street : a guide to American commercial architecture / Richard Longstreth.

Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Preservation Press, ©1987.

Description:

149 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Series:

Building watchers series

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-140) and index.
Foreword / Chester H. Liebs -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Using the guide -- Compositional Types: Two-part commercial block -- One-part commercial block -- Enframed window wall -- Stacked vertical block -- Two-part vertical block -- Three-part vertical block -- Temple front -- Vault -- Enframed block -- Central block with wings -- Arcaded block -- Combinations and exceptions -- Epilogue: new concepts of form -- Glossary -- Further reading -- Information sources -- Author.

ISBN:

0891331263 (pbk.)
9780891331261 (pbk.)

Subject:

Commercial buildings United States.
Architecture United States History 19th century.
Architecture United States History 20th century.
Immeubles commerciaux États-Unis.
Architecture États-Unis Histoire 19e siècle.
Architecture États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture
Commercial buildings
United States

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Preservation Press.
Main street.
Building watchers series.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 8065
Call No.: NA2599.8.L857.A35 1987
Status: Available