Bibliograph

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

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Label

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographic references (pages 791-814) and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A field guide to American houses

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

903634612

Responsibility statement

Virginia Savage McAlester ; with drawings by Suzanne Patton Matty and photographs by Steve Clicque

Sub title

the definitive guide to identifying and understanding America's domestic architecture

Table Of Contents

Looking at American houses -- Folk houses -- Colonial houses (1600-1820) -- Romantic houses (1820-1880) -- Victorian houses (1860-1900) -- Electric houses (1880-1940) -- Modern houses (1900-present) -- Styled houses since 1935 -- Appendix

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