A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Piedmont North Carolina
Title | A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Piedmont North Carolina PDF eBook |
Author | Catherine W. Bishir |
Publisher | |
Pages | 632 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Architecture |
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Central North Carolina boasts a rich and varied architectural landscape. This richly illustrated guide offers a fascinating look at the Piedmont's historic architecture, covering more than 2,000 sites in 34 counties. 535 illustrations.
North Carolina Architecture
Title | North Carolina Architecture PDF eBook |
Author | Catherine W. Bishir |
Publisher | UNC Press Books |
Pages | 677 |
Release | 2014-03-19 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 1469620782 |
This award-winning, lavishly illustrated history displays the wide range of North Carolina's architectural heritage, from colonial times to the beginning of World War II. North Carolina Architecture addresses the state's grand public and private buildings that have become familiar landmarks, but it also focuses on the quieter beauty of more common structures: farmhouses, barns, urban dwellings, log houses, mills, factories, and churches. These buildings, like the people who created them and who have used them, are central to the character of North Carolina. Now in a convenient new format, this portable edition of North Carolina Architecture retains all of the text of the original edition as well as hundreds of halftones by master photographer Tim Buchman. Catherine Bishir's narrative analyzes construction and design techniques and locates the structures in their cultural, political, and historical contexts. This extraordinary history of North Carolina's built world presents a unique and valuable portrait of the state.
Subject Guide to Books in Print
Title | Subject Guide to Books in Print PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 3310 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | American literature |
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Books in Print Supplement
Title | Books in Print Supplement PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 2576 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | American literature |
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Durham County
Title | Durham County PDF eBook |
Author | Jean Bradley Anderson |
Publisher | Duke University Press |
Pages | 664 |
Release | 2011-05-09 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0822349833 |
This sweeping history of Durham County, North Carolina, extends from the seventeenth century to the end of the twentieth.
The Courthouse and the Depot
Title | The Courthouse and the Depot PDF eBook |
Author | Wilber W. Caldwell |
Publisher | Mercer University Press |
Pages | 634 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 9780865547483 |
Their songs insist that the arrival of the railroad and the appearance of the tiny depot often created such hope that it inspired the construction of the architectural extravaganzas that were the courthouses of the era. In these buildings the distorted myth of the Old South collided head-on with the equally deformed myth of the New South."
Raleigh
Title | Raleigh PDF eBook |
Author | Norman D. Anderson |
Publisher | Arcadia Publishing |
Pages | 132 |
Release | 1996-09-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780738568720 |
Raleigh: North Carolina's Capital City on Postcards contains more than two hundred postcard images, which together capture much of what life was like in the "City of Oaks" and its neighbors in Wake County during the first half of the twentieth century. The Raleigh area has experienced tremendous growth since World War II, and much of what is fondly remembered by old-timers has been lost to the demands of development and the rigors of time. Some of the well-known landmarks, businesses, and characters, however, were captured on film by enterprising postcard photographers who were unknowingly creating an invaluable archive of historical data which now gives us an insight into the way life was lived in North Carolina's capital during the "Golden Age of Postcards." This wonderful new book brings to life the history of this diverse and dynamic region through carefully selected postcards from that era, accompanied by informative and insightful captions as well as a helpful essay on the history and importance of postcards.