Name/Title
Essays in Early American Architectural History: A View from the ChesapeakeEntry/Object ID
2011.002.068Description
Examines the emergence of regional building traditions and cultural landscapes as they evolved in response to the environment, social and economic conditions, technological capabilities, craft skills, and labor organization. Includes essay "The Dynamics of Architectural Design in Eighteenth-Century Charleston and the Low Country."
Contents: Reshaping the study of early American architecture -- The origins of early American architecture. Early American architecture : a transatlantic perspective -- Adaptation and innovation : archaeological and architectural -- Perspectives on the seventeenth-century Chesapeake -- The English origins of the Jamestown rowhouses -- The design and building process. "An elegant and commodious building" : William Buckland and the design of the Prince William County Courthouse -- The dynamics of architectural design in eighteenth-century Charleston and the low country -- Regional building patterns : ecclesiastical architecture. Anglican church design in the Chesapeake : English inheritances and regional interpretations -- Christ Church, Savannah : loopholes in metropolitan design on the frontier -- "Building is a heavy burden" : the legacy of eighteenth-century church building in the Middle Atlantic colonies -- God is in the details : the transformation of ecclesiastical architecture in early-nineteenth-century America -- Williamsburg. Ornaments of civic aspiration : the public buildings of Williamsburg -- Beaux-arts ideals and colonial reality : the reconstruction of Williamsburg’s capitol, 1928-1934 -- The changing perceptions of the restoration of colonial Williamsburg.
ix, 268 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation LibraryAcquisition
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2011.002.Source or Donor
New Library Catalog Records (2011)Acquisition Method
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Architecture--United States--HistoryBook Details
Author
Lounsbury, CarlPublisher
University of Virginia PressPlace Published
Location
Charlottesville, VADate Published
2011Call No.
NA707 .L78 2011ISBN
9780813931104LCCN
2011003345Location
Category
PermanentDate
February 7, 2023General Notes
Note
Notes: By Carl R. Lounsbury.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Copy provided to HCF per terms of Permission to Publish (1883 Charleston County Courthouse photo, p. 111).
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October 12, 2011Updated By
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April 5, 2023