Download or read book Buildings of Pennsylvania written by Lu Donnelly and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intended to complement the forthcoming companion volume--Buildings of Pennsylvania: Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania--in the Buildings of the United States series, this book will pique the interest and curiosity of architectural historians and general readers alike. A volume in the Buildings of the United States series of the Society of Architectural Historians
Download or read book Buildings of Pennsylvania written by George E. Thomas and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume describes buildings in an area central to the development of the US. It shows the diverse styles of the Commonwealth State that has its hybrid regional architectural roots in both Britain and the new experiment in democracy. Following an overview of Pennsylvania's historical and cultural geography, sections organized by region, then county, present descriptions of the homes, commercial buildings, and public spaces of Philadelphia to the resort country of the Pocono Mountains.
Download or read book The Early Architecture Of Western Pennsylvania written by Charles Morse Stotz and published by University of Pittsburgh Press. This book was released on 2023-06-14 with total page 803 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edition features and an extensive analytical introduction by the noted architectural historian Dell Upton. Containing 416 black-and-white photographs, 81 measured drawings and an extensive text, this volume presents a splendid array of the early dwellings, barns, and other outbuildings, churches, arsenals, banks, inns, commercial buildings, tollhouses, mills, and even tombstones of western Pennsylvania.
Download or read book Historic Buildings of Centre County Pennsylvania written by Centre County Library. Historic Registration Project and published by Keystone Books. This book was released on 1980 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume of photographs and text springs from the desire to identify and salvage the authentic character of our past as seen in our built environment. Centre County provides a unique mix of historic buildings and villages in a rural landscape setting that is a rich record of development in the area since the earliest days of settlement. Local buildings preserve traces of the changing economic activities--iron manufacturing and agriculture, travel and trade, and the growth of the Penn State University--and stories related to these buildings and the men who built them create a fascinating picture of life in the county for more than 150 years. Each area of the county contains examples of buildings that make up a complete picture of the evolution of local building types. Structures described in the detailed text and striking photographs include log houses and round barns, the Georgian and Victorian mansions of the iron masters and landowners, sturdy inns and mills, hotels, churches, farms, and buildings of Beaux-Arts classicism on the University campus. The book also provides a glossary of descriptive terms for historic buildings, defines styles and local building types, and gives information on the activities and agencies that support historic preservation.
Download or read book Historic Architecture of Pennsylvania written by and published by Schiffer Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nestled among the rolling hills of South Central Pennsylvania, six counties – Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, and York – are home to more than three centuries of history and architecture. Beginning with early eighteenth century buildings, almost every style of American architecture is featured in the region's mid-sized cities, charming towns, and quaint villages. Susquehanna Valley buildings showcase excellent examples of Colonial, Early Republic, Victorian, and twentieth-century architectural movements. Featured are educational narratives of three dozen styles as well as special sections on a variety of building types, including farmers' markets and train stations, all brought to life by more than 180 full-color photos. Join author and photographer Scott D. Butcher on an enlightening tour featuring the best of American architecture as seen through the eyes of the region's architects and builders.
Download or read book Architecture and Landscape of the Pennsylvania Germans 1720 1920 written by Sally McMurry and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2011-03-08 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The phrase "Pennsylvania German architecture" likely conjures images of either the "continental" three-room house with its huge hearth and five-plate stoves, or the huge Pennsylvania bank barn with its projecting overshoot. These and other trademarks of Pennsylvania German architecture have prompted great interest among a wide audience, from tourists and genealogists to architectural historians, antiquarians, and folklorists. Since the nineteenth century, scholars have engaged in field measurement and drawing, photographic documentation, and careful observation, resulting in a scholarly conversation about Pennsylvania German building traditions. What cultural patterns were being expressed in these buildings? How did shifting social, technological, and economic forces shape architectural changes? Since those early forays, our understanding has moved well beyond the three-room house and the forebay barn. In Architecture and Landscape of the Pennsylvania Germans, 1720-1920, eight essays by leading scholars and preservation professionals not only describe important architectural sites but also offer original interpretive insights that will help advance understanding of Pennsylvania German culture and history. Pennsylvania Germans' lives are traced through their houses, barns, outbuildings, commercial buildings, churches, and landscapes. The essays bring to bear years of field observation as well as engagement with current scholarly perspectives on issues such as the nature of "ethnicity," the social construction of landscape, and recent historiography about the Pennsylvania Germans. Dozens of original measured drawings, appearing here for the first time in print, document important works of Pennsylvania German architecture, including the iconic Bertolet barns in Berks County, the Martin Brandt farm complex in Cumberland County, a nineteenth-century Pennsylvania German housemill, and urban houses in Lancaster.
Download or read book Architecture and Artifacts of the Pennsylvania Germans Constructing Identity in Early America written by and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did a mid-eighteenth-century group, the so-called Pennsylvania Germans, build their cultural identity in the face of ethnic stereotyping, nostalgic ideals, and the views imposed by outside contemporaries? Numerous forces create a group's identity, including the views of outsiders, insiders, and the shaping pressure of religious beliefs, but to understand the process better, we must look to clues from material culture. Cynthia Falk explores the relationship between ethnicity and the buildings, personal belongings, and other cultural artifacts of early Pennsylvania German immigrants and their descendants. Such material culture has been the basis of stereotyping Pennsylvania Germans almost since their arrival. Falk warns us against the typical scholarly overemphasis on Pennsylvania Germans' assimilation into an English way of life. Rather, she demonstrates that more than anything, socioeconomic status and religious affiliation influenced the character of the material culture of Pennsylvania Germans. Her work also shows how early Pennsylvania Germans defined their own identities.
Download or read book Pennsylvania s Architecture written by Irwin Richman and published by Pennsyvlania History Studies. This book was released on 1997 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pennsylvania's history is reflected in its buildings, from colonial log houses to the shimmering new skyscraper skylines of Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. This booklet provides an introduction to these often-overlooked testaments to the state's past and present. (Revised edition, 1997). 79 pages, illustrations, and suggestions for further reading.
Download or read book Pennsylvania Architecture written by Deborah Stephen Burns and published by . This book was released on 2009-05-01 with total page 629 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes the catalog of the records for buildings and building groups scattered across PA. It surveys PA¿s 300 years of architecture, describes geographical and cultural influences on development patterns within the Commonwealth¿s major geo-cultural regions, and catalogs the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) holdings for each of those regions up to 1990. There is no great body of publications to consult for a statewide survey such as this. Also, because the limited literature is skewed toward early high-style buildings in the Phila. region and because HABS surveys in PA have not been comprehensive, this book should be viewed as a ground-breaking work on PA¿s architectural heritage. Over 100 illustrations.
Download or read book University of Pennsylvania written by George E. Thomas and published by Princeton Architectural Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Benjamin Franklin, founder of America's first university, the University of Pennsylvania, hoped that its students would learn "everything that is useful and everything that is ornamental." The same might be said of the architecture of its campus, both useful and ornamental. The newest title in our highly acclaimed Campus Guide Series takes readers on an insider's tour of this historic school, unique in the Ivy League for its single urban campus. The guide presents architectural walks of a campus that is distinguished by landmark buildings. Thomas traces the university's rich history from its founding in 1749 to the present wave of construction on the modern campus. Hand-colored maps and detailed descriptions of the buildings guide to readers on their tour.
Download or read book Colonial Architecture for Those about to Build written by Herbert Clifton Wise and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Early Domestic Architecture of Pennsylvania written by Eleanor Raymond and published by Schiffer Publishing. This book was released on 1977 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A ground-breaking work when first published in 1931, this classic book is now released in soft cover. A visionary, Eleanor Raymond, A.I.A. explored what she called the, "unstudied directness in fitting form to function." The book was one of the first systematic inventories of vernacular American architecture and defined Raymond's long and successful career. Beautiful photography guides the eye through examples of authentic colonial architecture in Pennsylvania. Heavy beams, primitive stonework, and detailed paneling are shown, along with doorways, windows, staircases, and rooflines. The author selected works that show traces of the mediaeval spirit as well as early Georgian character found in the oldest settlements in Pennsylvania. Raymond's work records interior and exterior views not only of the smaller houses, but also of barns, mills, spring houses and other outbuildings. It has been praised for being the first to consider the beauty and architectural value of smaller and more primitive structures typical of Eastern Pennsylvania, and integral to the area's appeal. As a bonus for those hoping to restore such treasures, Raymond included 25 pages of measured drawings detailing cabinetry work and molding profiles.
Download or read book Architecture of the Pennsylvania Dutch Country 1700 1900 written by Henry J. Kauffman and published by Masthof Press & Bookstore. This book was released on 1992 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated and well-annotated overview of the English, German, and Swiss architectural designs found in southeastern Pa. You'll view houses, barns, furniture, smokehouses, icehouses, springhouses, summerhouses, privies, bake ovens, caves, and churches. Lancaster Co., Pa., native Henry J. Kauffman has gathered a lifetime of research and expertise into this volume. (152pp. color illus. index. Masthof Press, 1992.)
Download or read book Building America s First University written by George E. Thomas and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2000-05-11 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "More than a guide, this is a thorough and engaging study of a great American institution."--Choice
Download or read book Pennsylvania Architecture written by Deborah Stephens Burns and published by Pennsylvania Historical &. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 629 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Guide Book of Art Architecture and Historic Interests in Pennsylvania written by and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Philadelphia Architecture written by John Andrew Gallery and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PHILADELPHIA ARCHITECTURE; a comprehensive guide to 300 years of architectural history describes 253 BUILDINGS with 174 corresponding PHOTOGRAPHS including each building's location, date(s), architect, client, use & its fit into the social & economic history of Philadelphia & its relationship to the evolution of architectural styles. This book is for layperson or architect, resident or visitor. 'A museum of architecture', Philadelphia, more than any American city, represents the history of architecture in the U. S. with its outstanding examples of every important architectural style & period in the country's history. Contains NINE WALKING & DRIVING TOURS, an illustrated GLOSSARY of architectural terms & BIOGRAPHIES of important Philadelphia architects. The companion volume to PHILADELPHIA ARCHITECTURE: PHILADELPHIA'S BEST BUILDINGS: IN (OR NEAR) CENTER CITY. 39-PAGES ($7.95) ISBN (0-9622908-2-3) published by Foundation for Architecture, editor: John Gallery. Highlights 48 significant buildings; colorful MAPS for WALKING TOURS of four areas representing different architectural periods, & PHOTOGRAPHS of each building. Special feature--a list of outstanding buildings of interest to CHILDREN. Guidebook is perfect for the visitor restricted by time who wishes to view a select group of buildings. Call: FFA 215-569-3187; One Penn Center at Suburban Station, Suite 1165, Philadelphia, PA 19103, or Koen Book Distributors.
