Architecture Of The Old South

Architecture of the Old South

From Library JournalOver the past 15 years, Lane has researched and written extensively about the architecture of America's South, producing seven state surveys, with an eighth on the way. This volume contains the series' highpoints, lavishly illustrated with Martin's color photographs and numerous period drawings and watercolors. Organized chronologically through the Romantic styles of the mid-19th century, the book provides stunning examples from each period and region, ranging from modest frontier cabins to sumptuous state capitals. The important contributions of European and Yankee designers are acknowledged, without slighting the work of such Southern talents as Robert Mills and Gideon Shryock. With broad appeal to an audience of architects, social historians, and preservationists, this book is recommended for larger regional libraries and architecture collections.- H. Ward Jandl, National Park Service, Washington, D.C.Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.Recounts developments in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, and describes houses and other buildings