As the many readers of Antique Homes Magazine attest, the great
historical legacy of New England’s domestic architecture is being
appreciated by more and more owners, buyers and tourists every
year.
This Style Guide Series is posted for your reference
and includes a bibliography of reliable style books.The series
was written by our editor Nick Langhart, who has taught American
architectural history for ten years in central New England colleges
–and in New York State previously. He holds an MA in historic
preservation from Cornell University.
Printed bound copies of the Antique Homes Guide
to Styles may be ordered from Antique Homes, P.O. Box 1046, Douglas,
MA 01516, or by calling 508-476-7271.
John Petraglia-- Publisher
Bibliography
Antique Homes Guide to Styles:
Domestic Architectural Styles
of New England to 1920
Baker, John Milnes. American
House Styles.
NewYork: W.W. Norton, 1994.
Blumenson, John J.G. Identifying
American Architecture.
Nashville, Tennessee:American
Association for State and Local History, 1981.
Foley, Mary Mix. The
American House.
New York: Harper &
Row, 1980.
Howard, Hugh. How Old
is This House? A Skeleton Key to Dating and Identifying Three
Centuries of American Houses.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1989.
McAlester, Virginia and Lee. A
Field Guide to American Houses.
New York: Alfred A Knopf,1984.
Morrison, Hugh. Early American Architecture:
From the First Colonial Settlements to
the National Period.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1952.
Dover reprint, 1988.
Poppeliers, John C.; Chambers Jr. S. Allen;
Schwartz, Nancy B. What Style is it?
A Guide to American Architecture.
Washington: PreservationPress,1977, 1983.
Rifkind, Carole. A
Field Guide to American Architecture.
New York: Bonanza Books, 1980.
Whiffen, Marcus. American
Architecture Since 1780:
A Guide to Styles.
Cambridge, Massachusetts: M.I.T. Press,
1969.
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