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Author McAlester, Virginia, 1943-2020, author.

Title A field guide to American houses : the definitive guide to identifying and understanding America's domestic architecture / Virginia Savage McAlester ; with drawings by Suzanne Patton Matty and photographs by Steve Clicque ; revised and expanded from the original edition written by Virginia and Lee McAlester ; with drawings by Lauren Jarrett and model house drawings by Juan Rodriguez-Arnaiz.

Publication Info. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2013.

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Location Call No. Status
 Central Library - Circulating Collection  NA7205 .M35 2013    Available
Edition Revised and expanded edition/second edition.
Description xxv, 848 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Note "First edition published June 12, 1984"--Title page verso.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 791-814) and index.
Contents Looking at American houses -- Folk houses -- Colonial houses (1600-1820) -- Romantic houses (1820-1880) -- Victorian houses (1860-1900) -- Eclectic houses (1880-1940) -- English and Anglo-American period houses -- French period houses -- Mediterranean and Spanish period houses -- Modern houses (1900-present) -- Early modern -- Bankers modern -- Mainstream modern -- Styled houses since 1935.
Summary "A comprehensive guide to domestic architecture. Focusing on dwellings in urban and suburban neighborhoods and rural locations all across the continental United States, this guide provides in-depth information on the essentials, with facts and frames of reference that will enable you to look in a fresh way at the houses around you."-- Provided by www.Amazon.com.
Subject Architecture, Domestic -- United States -- Guidebooks.
United States -- Guidebooks.
Genre/Form Travel books.
Added Author McAlester, A. Lee (Arcie Lee), 1933-2016 author.
Jarrett, Lauren, illustrator.
Rodriguez-Arnaiz, Juan, illustrator.
ISBN 9781400043590
140004359X
9780375710827
0375710825
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