Nineteenth Century Home Architecture of Iowa City
Nineteenth Century Home Architecture of Iowa City

Author: Margaret N. Keyes

Publisher: University of Iowa Press

Published: 1993-11-01

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13: 0877453438

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Newly expanded with over twenty new houses and twenty-five new photographs—plus a map that allows readers to explore Iowa City's historic neighborhoods! This silver anniversary edition of Margaret Keyes' 1967 classic will be required reading for all those fascinated by local history and by the development of architectural styles in the Midwest and for all those devoted to restoring and preserving historic houses.

Nineteenth-Century Mormon Architecture and City Planning
Nineteenth-Century Mormon Architecture and City Planning

Author: C. Mark Hamilton

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1995-11-09

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 0195075056

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This book is the first comprehensive study of nineteenth-century Mormon architecture and city planning. Professor Hamilton examines the doctrine of Zion, which led to an elaborate hierarchy of building types - temples, tabernacles, meetinghouses, tithing offices, priesthood halls and domestic dwellings. His account, augmented by 135 original and historical photographs, provides a fascinating example of how religious teachings and practices are expressed in planned communities and architectural forms.

Ozark Vernacular Houses
Ozark Vernacular Houses

Author: Jean Sizemore

Publisher: University of Arkansas Press

Published: 1994-01-01

Total Pages: 259

ISBN-13: 1557283109

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Over 160 photographs, drawings, and maps provide examples of the four traditional Ozark house types and reveal the unity of a distinctive Arkansas culture that bears identity with all hill peoples. Of importance to architects, folklorists, cultural historians, and anyone interested in the Ozarks, this fascinating examination of the Ozark house is a way toward understanding the mind of the inhabitants and their entire way of life.

A Field Guide to American Houses (Revised)
A Field Guide to American Houses (Revised)

Author: Virginia Savage McAlester

Publisher: Knopf

Published: 2015-11-10

Total Pages: 881

ISBN-13: 0375710825

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The fully expanded, updated, and freshly designed second edition of the most comprehensive and widely acclaimed guide to domestic architecture: in print since its original publication in 1984, and acknowledged everywhere as the unmatched, essential guide to American houses. This revised edition includes a section on neighborhoods; expanded and completely new categories of house styles with photos and descriptions of each; an appendix on "Approaches to Construction in the 20th and 21st Centuries"; an expanded bibliography; and 600 new photographs and line drawings.

Iowa History and Culture
Iowa History and Culture

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Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 390

ISBN-13:

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A thorough bibliography with some annotations when the title does not describe the material. Arrangement is in 25 alphabetically sequenced subject categories. Four classes of material are excluded: genealogies, newspaper articles, manuscripts, audio-visual materials. Indexed by personal name and sub