Main entry:

Kennedy, Roger G.

Title & Author:

Historic homes of Minnesota / Roger G. Kennedy.

Publication:

St. Paul : Minnesota Historical Society Press, ©2006.

Description:

xiv, 239 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:
Originally published: Minnesota houses, an architectural and historical view. Minneapolis : Dillon Press, 1967.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-222) and index.
Frontispiece -- List of illustrations -- Preface -- 1. The sources of pioneer architecture -- 2. The homes of the Fathers -- 3. The houses the Germans built -- 4. The Greek revival -- 5. The Gothic revival -- 6. The Italianate styles -- 7. Architecture at mid-century -- 8. Tory style and American picturesque -- 9. The architecture of propriety -- 10. Progressive politics and architecture -- Appendixes -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Listing of houses -- Index.

Summary:

"Historic Homes of Minnesota is the story of the evolution of architectural styles in Minnesota from 1830 to 1914 - from the influence of the early French traders along the Mississippi and St. Croix to the emergence of the school of Frank Lloyd Wright."--Jacket.

Resources:
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Table of contents

ISBN:

0873515579 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780873515573 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Architecture, Domestic Minnesota History.
Historic buildings Minnesota Pictorial works.
Architecture, Domestic
Historic buildings
Minnesota

Form/genre:

Pictorial works
Illustrated works
History
Ouvrages illustrés.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 247238
Call No.: BIB 176793
Status: Available