Dutch Colonial Homes in America

Dutch Colonial Homes in America
Author: Roderic H. Blackburn
Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2002
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

This lavishly-illustrated volume provides an unprecedented look at twenty-eight houses (plus eleven barns and other structures) built in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries by Dutch colonists in the north-eastern United States, primarily in upstate New York and along the Hudson River Valley, on Long Island and Staten Island, and in New Jersey. An authoritative work-- written by eminent experts in the field-- "Dutch Colonial Homes in America" explores the homes in their broader social context by focusing on the historical and religious forces of the times. This book is the first to investigate the meaning of the home and its aesthetics for the Dutch in America, and also the first to look at these homes as a form of art and craft and, importantly, the influence this form and these people had on the shape of the American house to come. The 200 spectacular new color photographs here are beautifully styled in a manner that recalls the paintings of Vermeer and evoke what might have been the ambiance of these homes hundreds of years ago.

The Radford American Homes

The Radford American Homes
Author: Radford Architectural Company
Publisher: Chicago : Radford Architectural Company
Total Pages: 264
Release: 1903
Genre: Architecture, Domestic
ISBN:

American Houses: The Architecture of Fairfax & Sammons

American Houses: The Architecture of Fairfax & Sammons
Author: Mary Miers
Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2006-11-07
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

Anne Fairfax and Richard Sammons are at the forefront of a movement among architects today who draw inspiration from the wellspring of the classical traditions in architecture. They have developed a body of work that reflects and adheres to the long-held theories of proportion and order passed down through many past generations of scholarship and practice. The firm's office also served as the headquarters for Henry Hope Reid's Classical America, the only organization offering an alternative to modernist aesthetics until the establishment of the Institute of Classical Architecture in 1992. The twenty-four projects in this volume show the firm's consistent focus on classical architectural beauty, whether the chosen style be Palladian, Tuscan, Mediterranean, Georgian, Adamesque, Neo-classical, British or Dutch Colonial, Colonial Revival, or even East Coast Shingle Style, in all of which Fairfax & Sammons are eminently proficient. The projects selected out of the firm's large body of work include country houses located in Connecticut, New York, Virginia, and Florida, including the renovation of town houses and apartments in New York City—all presented in new color photography.

Sears Homes of Illinois

Sears Homes of Illinois
Author: Rosemary Thornton
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2010-11-16
Genre: History
ISBN: 1614235988

From 1908 to 1940, Sears, Roebuck and Co. sold nearly seventy-five thousand homes through its mail-order Modern Homes program. Families across the nation set about assembling the kits, using the thick instruction manual to puzzle out how twelve thousand pieces of house might fit together. The resulting dwellings were as durable as they were enchanting, swiftly becoming icons of the American landscape. Follow leading expert Rosemary Thornton through a lavishly illustrated history of the homes many Illinoisans dont know they are living in. Recognize your own front porch on a page in the Neo-Tudor section of the style gallery and tell your plumber hes helping to preserve a Barrington.

Classic Houses of the Twenties

Classic Houses of the Twenties
Author: Loizeaux
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2012-10-23
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 0486135713

Rare plan book published by Loizeaux building-supply and lumber companies of New Jersey in 1927. Illustrations and floor plans for 134 houses — Colonial, Gothic, Modern English, Italian, and other styles. Over 230 illustrations.

The Houses that Sears Built

The Houses that Sears Built
Author: Rosemary Fuller Thornton
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2004
Genre: Architecture, Domestic
ISBN: 9780971558816

History of Sears Kit Homes with info on how to find and identify these old kit homes. Alson includes photos, graphics, diagrams and oral histories from workers at the Sears Mill and people who built their own Sears Home. Also history on Richard W. Sears and Alvah Roebuck; history on Sears and Roebuck, Co.