Florida's colonial architectural heritage / Elsbeth Gordon ; foreword by Janet Snyder Matthews.

Main entry:

Gordon, Elsbeth K.

Title & Author:

Florida's colonial architectural heritage / Elsbeth Gordon ; foreword by Janet Snyder Matthews.

Publication:

Description:

xxvi, 319 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Series:

The Florida heritage series
A Florida heritage publication
The architectural heritage of Florida series

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-305) and index.
1. First Builders -- 2. Spanish Missions -- 3. Darkened Age of Wood -- 4. Power of Stone -- 5. St. Augustine Style -- 6. British Pensacola -- 7. Haciendas and Plantations -- 8. Kingsley Plantation -- 9. Forts, Redoubts, Prickly Cactus, and a Wolf's Mouth -- App. I. English Pound Sterling Equivalents -- App. II. Colonial Builder's Glossary.

Summary:

The story of Florida's buildings, from 1565 to 1821 when the colony was ruled by Spain and England, tracing the styles, materials, uses, and context of almost every building recorded during this period.

Resources:
Table of contents
Book review (H-Net)

ISBN:

0813024633 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780813024639 (cloth ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Architecture, Colonial Florida.
Architecture coloniale Floride.
Architecture, Colonial.
Florida.

Added entries:

Florida heritage series.
Florida heritage publication.
Architectural heritage of Florida series.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 223316
Call No.: NA730.F6 G6 2002
Status: Available

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