Summer Cottages in the White Mountains

Book

Museum of the White Mountains

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

MWM2010.0001.2637

Description

This book examines the architecture, history and artistry of summer cottages and homes in the White Mountains of New Hampshire from 1870 to 1930. The author also reveals the historical context of the era and explores the reasons for the surge in cottages style homes. He links the rise in the hotel industry of the late nineteenth century with the architectual history as well as the social and economic history of the time period. Related Search Terms: Thorn Lodge, Hayes/Fernald Cottage Physical Description: Hardcover, title, added title entry and author's name on front cover. A book jacket encases the book, the actual hardcover is a deep royal blue color with the author's name and title on the spine of the book. The book jacket includes a picture of the side of a brown home with a veranda, porch, and stone chimney sitting above a lake and mountain view in the distance. The back of the bookjacket includes the rest of the photograph of the house and the barcode.

Collection

Dan Noel Collection

Acquisition

Accession

MWM2010.0001

Source or Donor

Dan Noel

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Dan Noel

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Mountains, Resorts, Resort cottages, Hotels, Cottages, Cottages, Resort

Search Terms

New Hampshire (United States : state), Maplewood Hotel (Grafton county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), Profile House (Grafton county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), Jackson (Carroll county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), Bethlehem (Grafton county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), Franconia Notch (Grafton county, New Hampshire : valley), Tamworth (Carroll county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), West Campton (Grafton county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), Intervale (Carroll county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), North Conway (Carroll county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), Waumbek Hotel and Cottages (Coos county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), Wentworth Hall and Cottages (Carroll county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), Mount Washington Hotel (Coos county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), New Hampshire

Book Details

Author

Tolles, Bryant F. Jr.

Publisher

University of New England Press

Place Published

City

Hanover

County

Grafton

State/Province

New Hampshire

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Date Published

2000

Condition

Notes

01/10/2013- CH - No major blemishes, tears, or damage.