American House Styles: A Concise Guide

American House Styles: A Concise Guide

by John Milnes Baker
American House Styles: A Concise Guide

American House Styles: A Concise Guide

by John Milnes Baker

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Overview

How and where did different architectural styles develop? America has an abundance of fascinating and varied house styles, as fascinating and diverse as its people.

This unique book will allow readers to recognize the architectural features and style of virtually any house they encounter.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780393323252
Publisher: Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Publication date: 07/17/2002
Edition description: Revised ed.
Pages: 194
Sales rank: 632,936
Product dimensions: 5.60(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

John Milnes Baker, AIA, is an architect specializing in residential design. A member of the Society of Architectural Historians and the National Trust for Historic Preservation, he is the author of How to Build a House with an Architect and his work has appeared in numerous architectural journals. He lives in South Kent, CT.

Table of Contents

Preface To The New Edition viii

Preface xii

Introduction xv

1 Early Colonial 1600-1715 1

Early New England Colonial 1640-1715 4

Early Southern Colonial 1640-1715 6

2 Colonial 1715-1780 9

English 1715-1780 9

Dutch 1625-1800 12

Spanish 1600s-1840s 13

French 1700-1825 14

3 Georgian 1715-1780 15

New England 1715-1780 24

The Middle Atlantic 1715-1780 26

The South 1715-1780 28

4 The Young Republic 1780-1820 31

Federal 1780-1820 36

Neoclassical 1780-1825 38

5 An Emerging Nation 1820-1860 41

Greek Revival 1820-1850 46

Gothic Revival 1840-1860 48

6 The Picturesque 1840-1900 51

Swiss Cottage 1840-1860 56

Italian Villa 1845-1870 58

Italianate 1845-1875 60

Italian Renaissance Revival 1845-1860 62

Exotic Eclectic 1850-1875 64

Second Empire 1860-1880 66

Stick 1855-1875 68

Queen Anne 1880-1910 70

7 Palatial Palaces 1880-1930 73

Romanesque 1880-1900 76

Chateauesque 1885-1910 78

Beaux-Arts 1890-1930 80

Tudor 1890-1930 82

Second Italian

Renaissance Revival 1890-1930 84

Neoclassical Revival 1895-1950 86

8 Indigenous Styles 1880-1930 89

Shingle 1880-1905 92

Prairie 1900-1920 94

Craftsman 1900-1930 96

9 Reminiscent Styles 1880-1940 99

Early Colonial Revival 1885-1915 102

Dutch Colonial 1890-1930 104

Elizabethan 1910-1940 106

Spanish Mission 1890-1920 108

Pueblo 1900-1990s 110

Spanish Colonial Revival 1915-1940 112

Monterey 1925-1955 114

French Rural 1915-1940 116

10 The Modern Movement and Beyond 1920-1990s 119

Moderne 1920-1940 122

International 1930-1990s 124

Wrightian 1940-1960s 126

Popular House Styles 1945-1990s 128

11 Novelty And Divergence 1960-1990s A Personal View of Late-Twentieth-Century Architectural Trends 141

12 What's New? 2000-Present 147

Glossary 161

Suggestions For Further Reading 171

Index 175

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