Main entry:

Longstreth, Richard W.

Title & Author:

The buildings of Main Street : a guide to American commercial architecture / Richard Longstreth.

Edition:

Updated ed.

Publication:

Walnut Creek, CA : AltaMira Press, ©2000.

Description:

154 pages : illustrations ; 26 x 11 cm.

Series:

American Association for State and Local History book series

Notes:
Originally published: Washington, D.C. : Preservation Press, 1987.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-145) and index.
Foreword / Chester H. Liebs -- 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.

Summary:

"As varied as America's downtowns are, often a single image comes to mind when Main Street is mentioned: small-scale Victorian buildings with elaborate cornices and tall, arched windows. In truth, Main Street offers as rich a spectrum of buildings as any other place in the American landscape. This ground-breaking book is the first to classify these structures, not on the usual basis of style, but as parts of a common language of buildings designed to meet business and urban needs."--BOOK JACKET.

ISBN:

0742502791 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780742502796 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

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
Finanzwirtschaft
Architektur
United States
USA

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

American Association for State and Local History book series.

Holdings:

Location: Library study room 212882
Call No.: NA6212.L62 2000
Status: Available