The Sandstone Architecture of the Lake Superior Region

The Sandstone Architecture of the Lake Superior Region
Title The Sandstone Architecture of the Lake Superior Region PDF eBook
Author Kathryn Bishop Eckert
Publisher Wayne State University Press
Pages 360
Release 2000
Genre Architecture
ISBN 9780814328071

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Eckert stresses the importance of the building materials as she explores the architectural history of a region whose builders wanted to reflect the local landscape.

The Sandstone Architecture of the Lake Superior Region

The Sandstone Architecture of the Lake Superior Region
Title The Sandstone Architecture of the Lake Superior Region PDF eBook
Author Kathryn Bishop Eckert
Publisher
Pages 504
Release 1991
Genre Architecture
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This is Detroit, 1701-2001

This is Detroit, 1701-2001
Title This is Detroit, 1701-2001 PDF eBook
Author Arthur M. Woodford
Publisher Wayne State University Press
Pages 338
Release 2001
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 9780814329146

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An illustrated history of Detroit from 1701 to 2001.

Architectural Missionary

Architectural Missionary
Title Architectural Missionary PDF eBook
Author Steven C. Brisson
Publisher MSU Press
Pages 400
Release 2021-09-01
Genre Architecture
ISBN 1628954396

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The first and most prolific professional architect to reside permanently in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, D. Fred Charlton used the local Lake Superior sandstone to craft the distinctive style found in buildings throughout Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Born in England and trained there as a civil engineer, Charlton came to Detroit in the late 1870s, seeking work as a draftsman. Much like his peers of the time, he had no formal training as an architect and learned his trade by working at several prominent firms. The last, Scott & Company, sent him to Marquette in 1887 to open a branch office. Three years later, Charlton opened his own firm, and over the next twenty-eight years, he designed more than four hundred buildings, including residences, commercial structures, schools, courthouses, and churches throughout the region, which offer an invaluable insight into the tastes of Americans before the World War I and provide a unique vantage point for studying the evolution of the architectural profession. Deftly adapting national trends, he provided the communities of the Upper Peninsula with modern structures worthy of any place in the nation. Many of his buildings remain to this day, monuments to the skill of this English-born architect who made a place for himself upon the shores of Lake Superior. Anyone interested in architecture and in the history of the upper Midwest will find this read both fascinating and informative.

Expanding the Frontiers of Civil Rights

Expanding the Frontiers of Civil Rights
Title Expanding the Frontiers of Civil Rights PDF eBook
Author Sidney Fine
Publisher Wayne State University Press
Pages 462
Release 2000
Genre History
ISBN 9780814328750

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Although historians have devoted a great deal of attention to the development of federal government policy regarding civil rights in the quarter century following World War II, little attention has been paid to the equally important developments at the state level. Few states underwent a more dramatic transformation with regard to civil rights than Michigan did. In 1948, the Michigan Committee on Civil Rights characterized the state of civil rights in Michigan as presenting "an ugly picture". Twenty years later. Michigan was a leader among the states in civil rights legislation. Expanding the Frontiers of Civil Rights documents this important shift in state level policy and makes clear that civil rights in Michigan embraced not only blacks but women, the elderly, native Americans, migrant workers, and the physically handicapped. Sidney Fine's treatment of civil rights in Michigan is based on an exhaustive examination of unpublished, published, and interview sources. Fine relates civil rights developments in Michigan to civil rights actions by the federal government and other states. He focuses on the administrations of the three governors -- Democrats G. Mennen Williams (1949-1960), and John B. Swainson (1961-1962), and Republican George Romney (1963-1969) -- and the roles they played in furthering civil rights in Michigan, as well as other politicians and policymakers. Students of state history, civil rights history, and those interested in post-World War II history will find few accounts as broad ranging as this study of state civil rights legislation during the years the book covers.

Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, Bayfield, Wisconsin

Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, Bayfield, Wisconsin
Title Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, Bayfield, Wisconsin PDF eBook
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Pages 490
Release 2010
Genre Apostle Islands National Lakeshore (Wis.)
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Proceedings and Abstracts for the ... Annual Institute on Lake Superior Geology

Proceedings and Abstracts for the ... Annual Institute on Lake Superior Geology
Title Proceedings and Abstracts for the ... Annual Institute on Lake Superior Geology PDF eBook
Author
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Pages 276
Release 1992
Genre Geology
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