Jacket notes: "Nantucket Island, famous home port of the great, global whaling fleet of the 18th to mid-19th centuries, has been inhabited for some 9.000 years, and this book sketches its history, reviews the settlement and buildup of the migrant European culture, and concentrates on the ample array of architecture surviving from the last quarter of the 17th century onward. With the collapse of the market for whale oil around 1850, Nantucket lost the industry which provided its major source of wealth, and new building came to an abrupt standstill. As a result, the old town of Nantucket has remained more or less intact - one of the best preserved communities in the United States and a living architectural museum with about 800 buildings dating from before the time of the Civil War. The book is divided into three major sections, each considering Nantucket from a different angle. Part One gives a history of the island, analyzes and discusses the various architectural styles, and points out significant existing examples. Part Two treats Nantucket Town street by street, and can be used as a walking tour guide. The streets are described historically and physically, each followed by notes on individual landmarks aligning it, including known facts concerning their period, builder, original architectural features and subsequent alterations. Part Three contains appendices classifying all of the historic buildings according to their styles and characteristics. This section also includes a comprehensive bibliography of relevant books, albums, photograph collections, and articles on Nantucket architecture; and there is a glossary of architectural terms."

The Architecture of Historic Nantucket

Lancaster, Clay

McGraw=Hill

Edmund Gillon has photographed and Clay Lancaster commented on 116 remarkable but lesser-known Victorian American homes. From Nova Scotia to Geneva, New York to Cape May, these rarely appreciated dwellings offer some of the best 19th-century architecture. Includes row houses, cottages, farms, summer homes.

Victorian Houses: A Treasury of Lesser-Known Examples (Dover Architecture)

History

Gillon Jr., Edmund V.

Americas

Dover Publications

180 rare photographs, stereographs, maps, drawings and floor plans recreate unique American island society. Authentic scenes of shipwreck, lighthouses, streets, homes are arranged in geographic sequence to provide walking-tour guide to old Nantucket existing today. Introduction, captions.

Nantucket in the Nineteenth Century

Comprehensive, street-by-street guide to historic houses, churches and public buildings of New York City’s first suburb. Author takes readers down such picturesque thoroughfares as Remsen, Willow, Hicks and Jerusalem Streets, describing over 600 vintage homes. 88 illustrations. Glossary of architectural terms.

Old Brooklyn Heights: New York's First Suburb

During the first three decades of the twentieth century, the bungalow ― cozy, comfortable, and easily affordable ― became the most popular home style among middle-class Americans. This fascinating book by a well-known architectural historian explores the bungalow both as an evolving art form and a document reflecting middle-class life in early twentieth-century America. At a time when land, building materials, and labor were plentiful and cheap, and home ownership fell with reach of the average citizen, the bungalow proved an ideal choice. It comfortably provided the essentials of shelter. It could fit on a modest-sized lot. It was extremely versatile in size, aesthetics, and materials used. It was adaptable to a wide range of weather and climate conditions. And it eminently suited the casual lifestyle of most Americans. Author Clay Lancaster first explores the origins of the bungalow and chronicles its beginnings in America. He describes the early prototypes built along the Eastern seaboard, the role of the prairie house in the evolution of the bungalow, the unique features of California designs, and many other aspects of the bungalow's rise to popularity in America. Of special note, the book presents typical bungalow plans, interiors, furnishings, site plans, and garden plans ― and interesting exceptions ― along the way. Over 190 photographs, floor plans, and drawings add great visual appeal and reference value to this illuminating study of the American bungalow and its place in architectural history.

The American Bungalow: 1880-1930 (Dover Architecture)

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

It is incredible than an open conference with speakers representing all religions would have convened during the staid Victorian era, and certainly it could have occurred--in the Western Hemisphere--only in the United States. The World's Parliament of Religions was held at the Art Institute of Chicago at the beginning of fall in 1893. There were 250 major talks given before an audience of thousands distributed between two large halls. The governing committee, headed by a local Presbyterian minister, sought to prove the superiority of Christianity over other religions, which--to their satisfaction--they did. Had they been able to grasp the significance of unlooked-for concepts that surpassed their own limited beliefs, the convocation would have served a more exalted purpose. But for such an assembly to rise above the ingrained convictions of its leaders, and themselves, and to reach a higher plane of comprehension would have been, indeed, incredible.  The most significant idea presented at the World's Parliament of Religions was defining Buddhism as a philosophical religion. Other contemporary religions in Farther Asia belong to the same classification. The rest may be designated mythological religions. They are the older, having originated and been handed down from remote antiquity. They feature the worship of personified deities, whereas philosophical religions recognize the reality of Nature and deal with immediate problems.  This book contrasts the two types of religion in the preface through ten categories, and it structures discussion in the text proper on these distinctions. A grasp of their meaning is the first step to understanding the essentials of the various religions themselves. History bears out analysis in showing that mythological and philosophical religions are not headed in the same direction, and that they have and propagate more differences than similarities.  *The Incredible World's Parliament of Religions* is a milestone in Clay Lancaster's thinking about religion, carried further in *The Breadth and Depth of East and West* which came out eight years later. Meanwhile, the earlier book was updated by *Dharmapala's Key to Religion* and *The Inception of Universal Ethics.*

Incredible World's Parliament of Religions at the Chicago Columbian Exposition of 1893: A Comparative And Critical Study

Religion & Spirituality

Religious Studies

Diane Pub Co.

" By the author of the acclaimed Antebellum Houses of the Bluegrass, this book includes significant structures from throughout the commonwealth, illustrating the entire range of stylistic architectural development."

Antebellum Architecture of Kentucky

Univ Pr of Kentucky

The ante bellum homes of Lexington and Fayette County, Kentucky, are both more numerous and more distinctive in design than those of many communities of similar age. Founded in 1775, Lexington by the turn of the century had become the chief cultural center north of New Orleans and west of the Alleghenies. During the eight decades between the Revolution and the Civil War, Fayette County was the focus of converging streams of immigration, and a phenomenal amount of building activity took place in Lexington and the surrounding area. Although local builders followed the trends of national architecture, they were not primarily concerned with "correctness," and developed a provincial style which was distinguished by originality and a high level of craftsmanship. In Ante Bellum Houses of the Bluegrass, Clay Lancaster seeks to define the indigenous character of Fayette County building, which he concludes is of unusually distinguished quality. A second aim is the presentation of authentic data as a guide for intelligent restoration of existing old buildings, many of which have been defaced by unnecessary changes and inappropriate additions. He traces the development of house building in this restricted area from the first crude log cabins, through frame, stone, and early brick residences, to the substantial homes built by wealthy landowners and merchants in the mid-nineteenth century. The text is supplemented by 200 line drawings which present the essential features of each building free from the later alterations and decay which would be recorded by the camera. These illustrations have been compiled on the basis of intensive research, from old photographs, maps, drawings, and other records. An album of halftone illustrations, many of which are reproductions of old photographs of buildings which have been altered or demolished, supplements these illustrations.

Ante Bellum Houses of the Bluegrass: The Development of Residential Architecture in Fayette County, Kentucky

University Press of Kentucky

During the eight decades preceding the Civil War, Kentucky was the scene of tremendous building activity. Located in the western section of the original English colonies, midway between North and South, Kentucky saw the rise of an architecture that combined the traditions of nationally known designers, eager to achieve the refinements of their English mother culture, alongside the innovativeness and bold originality proper to the frontier. Tradition thus provided a tangible link with world architectural development, while innovation offered refreshing variations. The result was a distinctive regional architecture. In his newest look at Kentucky architecture, Clay Lancaster broadens his scope to include analyses of significant structures from throughout the commonwealth, illustrating the entire range of stylistic development. Like his acclaimed earlier book Antebellum Houses of the Bluegrass, the current volume provides historical background as well as drawings, photographs, and floor plans, showing both general features and details. Among the many Kentucky buildings discussed are examples by such well-known early American architects as Benjamin Henry Latrobe, Thomas Jefferson, James Dakin, Isaiah Rogers, Alexander J. Davis, and Francis Costigan, as well as the work of local master builders such as Matthew Kennedy, Micajah Burnett, Gideon Shryock, Thomas Lewinski, and John McMurtry. Also included are Kentucky buildings designed from nationally distributed architectural books and builders' guides. Lancaster gives special attention to the Geometric Style, which evolved further and produced more noteworthy monuments in Kentucky than anywhere else in America. Such buildings, in turn, bestowed a simplicity and straightforwardness on structures in later styles. As Lancaster shows, the architecture that resulted from Kentucky's fertile eclecticism constitutes a rich and rewarding architectural heritage. All lovers of fine architecture will treasure this handsome and informative book.

Traces the development of the bungalow, shows a variety of homes and floor plans, and explains why this design became so popular

The American Bungalow: 1880-1930

Architecture

Abbeville Pr

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The Architecture of Historic Nantucket

Victorian Houses: A Treasury of Lesser-Known Examples (Dover Architecture)

Nantucket in the Nineteenth Century

Old Brooklyn Heights: New York's First Suburb

The American Bungalow: 1880-1930 (Dover Architecture)

Incredible World's Parliament of Religions at the Chicago Columbian Exposition of 1893: A Comparative And Critical Study

Antebellum Architecture of Kentucky

Ante Bellum Houses of the Bluegrass: The Development of Residential Architecture in Fayette County, Kentucky

Antebellum Architecture of Kentucky

The American Bungalow: 1880-1930