Historic Buildings of Centre County, Pennsylvania
Title | Historic Buildings of Centre County, Pennsylvania PDF eBook |
Author | Centre County Library. Historic Registration Project |
Publisher | Penn State University Press |
Pages | 240 |
Release | 1980 |
Genre | Architecture |
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This volume of photographs and text springs from the desire to identify and salvage the authentic character of our past as seen in our built environment. Centre County provides a unique mix of historic buildings and villages in a rural landscape setting that is a rich record of development in the area since the earliest days of settlement. Local buildings preserve traces of the changing economic activities--iron manufacturing and agriculture, travel and trade, and the growth of the Penn State University--and stories related to these buildings and the men who built them create a fascinating picture of life in the county for more than 150 years. Each area of the county contains examples of buildings that make up a complete picture of the evolution of local building types. Structures described in the detailed text and striking photographs include log houses and round barns, the Georgian and Victorian mansions of the iron masters and landowners, sturdy inns and mills, hotels, churches, farms, and buildings of Beaux-Arts classicism on the University campus. The book also provides a glossary of descriptive terms for historic buildings, defines styles and local building types, and gives information on the activities and agencies that support historic preservation.
History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania
Title | History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania PDF eBook |
Author | John Blair Linn |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1066 |
Release | 1883 |
Genre | Centre County (Pa.) |
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Historic Buildings of Centre County, Pennsylvania
Title | Historic Buildings of Centre County, Pennsylvania PDF eBook |
Author | Centre County Library. Historic Registration Project |
Publisher | Penn State University Press |
Pages | 240 |
Release | 1980 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN |
This volume of photographs and text springs from the desire to identify and salvage the authentic character of our past as seen in our built environment. Centre County provides a unique mix of historic buildings and villages in a rural landscape setting that is a rich record of development in the area since the earliest days of settlement. Local buildings preserve traces of the changing economic activities--iron manufacturing and agriculture, travel and trade, and the growth of the Penn State University--and stories related to these buildings and the men who built them create a fascinating picture of life in the county for more than 150 years. Each area of the county contains examples of buildings that make up a complete picture of the evolution of local building types. Structures described in the detailed text and striking photographs include log houses and round barns, the Georgian and Victorian mansions of the iron masters and landowners, sturdy inns and mills, hotels, churches, farms, and buildings of Beaux-Arts classicism on the University campus. The book also provides a glossary of descriptive terms for historic buildings, defines styles and local building types, and gives information on the activities and agencies that support historic preservation.
Atlas of Centre County, Pennsylvania
Title | Atlas of Centre County, Pennsylvania PDF eBook |
Author | Beach Nichols |
Publisher | |
Pages | 96 |
Release | 1874 |
Genre | Centre County (Pa.) |
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History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania
Title | History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania PDF eBook |
Author | Lewis Cass Aldrich |
Publisher | |
Pages | 824 |
Release | 1887 |
Genre | Cleafield County (Pa.) |
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Catalog of Historical Buildings, Sites and Remains in Pennsylvania
Title | Catalog of Historical Buildings, Sites and Remains in Pennsylvania PDF eBook |
Author | Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Joint State Government Commission |
Publisher | |
Pages | 76 |
Release | 1949 |
Genre | Historic buildings |
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History of Columbia and Montour Counties, Pennsylvania
Title | History of Columbia and Montour Counties, Pennsylvania PDF eBook |
Author | J. H. Battle |
Publisher | |
Pages | 956 |
Release | 1887 |
Genre | Columbia County (Pa.) |
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