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A Field Guide to America's Historic Neighborhoods and Museum Houses
The Western States
by A. Lee McAlester ; McAlester
ISBN: 0375701729
ISBN-13: 9780375701726
Format: Paperback
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Summary
This guide presents the history and architecture of the American West, from Texas to the Dakotas and west to the Pacific. It includes 110 cities and towns, 172 historic neighborhoods, and almost 200 museum houses. Accompanying this highly informative historical and geographical guide is a wealth of photographs, maps, and illustrations.
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"An invaluable guide for housewatchers and architecture buffs, as well as for actual and armchair travelers".
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Random House Inc
Published date: 1998
Size: 6.5 x 9.75 inches
Weight: 2.7 pounds
Pages: 735
Publisher's Notes
A tour of domestic architecture in the cities and towns of the American WestIn this new, information-packed field guide, the authors of the perennially popular A Field Guide to American Houses--the book that taught us how to identify architectural styles--now show us houses well worth looking at and the neighborhoods in which we can find many of them, in 110 cities and towns in seventeen western states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.The 172 historic neighborhoods covered contain hundreds of interesting dwellings that can be viewed, without ceremony, from the street--and almost 200 museum houses of particular architectural and/or artistic significance whose interiors can be visited.The book is organized alphabetically by state, and by cities and towns within each state. An introduction to each city or town (together with descriptions of its neighborhoods and museum houses) explains how the area developed and how its architectural styles document its past.There are 701 illustrations--historic and current--to instruct and entice house-lovers. The 173 maps show the location of every neighborhood and every museum house included--and point the way to the most interesting districts. The books introduction provides a chronological over-view of the entire West--with illustrations and maps that show the regions principal styles of pre-1940 domestic architecture. The appendix points out the geographic and design factors that have contributed to the overall character of various western neighborhoods.Like the McAlesters' A Field Guide to American Houses, this new book is a labor of love and a work of immense knowledge that will stand as a classic in its field: an invaluable book for people fascinated with houses, for architectural buffs, and for actual--and armchair--travelers in the American West
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A Field Guide to America's Historic Neighborhoods and Museum Houses: The Western States
McAlester; Le; McAlester, A. Lee; Virginia; McAlester, Lee
New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1998 HEAVY. xl, 735pp, index, appendix, bw ills, maps. Slightest of edge wear to covers. A tour of domestic architecture in the cities and towns of the American west with 700 photographs and drawings and 173 maps. Covers 110 cities and towns in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo. ( more information)
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A Field Guide to America's Historic Neighborhoods and Museum Houses
McAlester, Virginia & Lee McAlester
Knopf. Very Good; Book has never been used, but does show some signs of shelf wear, and other wear and tear, which may includes missing dust cover, light scuffs, tears, and very lightly bumped corners, light soil, may have yellowing from age and ink mark (remainder mark) o 1998. Paperback. 735 pages; 1 . ( more information)
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A Field Guide To Americas Historic Houses Neighborhoods And Museum Houses - The Western States
McAlester, Virginia & McAlester, Lee
Knopf - Borzoi , 1998 . 1st edition. . Large format paperback, F. xlii+735pp, 700 illustratons & drawings, 173 maps, index, a nice fine copy. New. Detailed guide to the Museum Houses & Old neighbourhoods of the Western states [ West of Texas - Dakota and Including these States ]. A must for any one planning a holiday to the Western states. Covers 172 Neighbourhoods, 110 cites in 17 states & almost 200 museum houses are included. ( more information)
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A Field Guide To Americas Historic Houses Neighborhoods And Museum Houses - The Western States
McAlester, Virginia & McAlester, Lee
Knopf - Borzoi , 1998 . 1st edition. . Large format paperback, F. xlii+735pp, 700 illustratons & drawings, 173 maps, index, a nice fine copy. New. Detailed guide to the Museum Houses & Old neighbourhoods of the Western states [ West of Texas - Dakota & Including these States ]. A must for any one planning a holiday to the Western states. Covers 172 Neighbourhoods, 110 cites in 17 states & almost 200 museum houses are included. ( more information)
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