Main entry:

Lanier, Gabrielle M., author. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut

Title & Author:

Everyday architecture of the Mid-Atlantic : looking at buildings and landscapes / Gabrielle M. Lanier and Bernard L. Herman.

Publication:

Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997.

Description:

xi, 407 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

Series:

Creating the North American landscape

Notes:
"Published in cooperation with the Center for American Places, Harrisonburg, Virginia."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-394) and index.
Introduction -- House Forms and House Lots -- Construction: Underpinnings, Walling, and Roofing -- Popular Architectural Styles -- Farm Outbuildings and Plans -- Commercial, Industrial, and Institutional Architecture -- Landscape Ensembles: The Example of Port Penn, Delaware -- Recording Historic Buildings -- Appendix: Directory of Resources -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.

Summary:

"With more than 300 illustrations and photographs, Everyday Architecture of the Mid-Atlantic explores the character of pre-1940 domestic and agricultural buildings in the towns and rural landscapes of southern New Jersey, Delaware, and coastal Maryland and Virginia. Approaching their subject "archaeologically," the authors examine the "layers" of a structure's past to show how it has changed over time and to reveal telling details about its occupants and the community in which they lived. The book provides architectural information as well as a working methodology for anyone wanting to explore and learn from traditional architectural and landscapes." "The authors conclude that, as a vital cultural artifact, the distinctive architecture of the mid-Atlantic needs to be identified, recorded, and preserved. Everyday Architecture of the Mid-Atlantic gives proof to the insights architecture offers into who we are culturally as a community, a region, and a nation."--Jacket.

Resources:
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

0801853249 (hc ; alk. paper)
9780801853241 (hc ; alk. paper)
0801853257 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780801853258 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Architecture Middle Atlantic States.
Regionalism in architecture Middle Atlantic States.
Landscape architecture Middle Atlantic States.
Architecture Middle Atlantic States Designs and plans.
Architecture États du Moyen-Atlantique (États-Unis)
Régionalisme en architecture États du Moyen-Atlantique (États-Unis)
Architecture du paysage États du Moyen-Atlantique (États-Unis)
Architecture États du Moyen-Atlantique (États-Unis) Dessins et plans.
Landscape architecture
Architecture
Regionalism in architecture
Architektur
Landschaft
Middle Atlantic States
USA Mittelatlantische Staaten

Form/genre:

Architectural drawings

Added entries:

Herman, Bernard L., 1951-2024
Center for American Places.
Creating the North American landscape.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 134931
Call No.: ID NA717.L36; ID:97-B598
Status: Available