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Domestic Architecture of the American Colonies and of the Early Republic
by Fiske Kimball, Sidney Fiske Kimball
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Dover Publications (1966-12)
ISBN: 0486217434
EAN: 9780486217437
Paperback: 314 pages
SKU: T071226-3966
Condition: Good
Comments: Good overall condition. No writing, tight binding. Ships same day or next in a bubble mailer. Enjoy.
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Product Description
Pioneering book, profusely illustrated with 219 photographs, floor plans, drawing, and elevations, presents a detailed, comprehensive history of the evolution of American domestic architecture from 1620 to 1825. Detailed discussions of early shelters at Jamestown and Plymouth, prerevolutionary homes in the 18th century, and the rise of an independent American architectural style.
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A well-focused book
Rating  (5)
Date: 2006-08-21
4 out of 4 customers found this reveiw helpful
Books on historic architecture tend to devote too little space to the homes of ordinary people. This book covers dwellings from the huts of the first colonists to governors' mansions, from rural plantation houses to Colonnade Row in Boston.
The profusion of illustrations include early and modern drawings, photographs, engravings, and lithographs. They depict floor plans, elevations, interiors, exteriors, and details.
What I found particularly useful is the way the author develops the historical changes in materials, style, and philosophy. His research is thorough but not at all dry. For example, he quotes William Hubbard who, before 1682, wrote of the New Haven Colony: "They laid out too much...in building fine and stately houses, wherein they at first outdid the rest of the country."
This book will correct misunderstandings and oversimplifications about Colonial domestic architecture.
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