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A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Western North Carolina (Richard Hampton Jenrette Series in Architecture and the Decorative Arts)

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This portable field guide to the historic architecture of western North Carolina covers 1,200 historic buildings in 25 counties within the foothills and mountains. It introduces readers to the region’s wealthy and various architectural heritage–from the log farmstead to the opulent mountain retreat, and from ancient earthen mounds of the Cherokee to twentieth-century hydroelectric dams and the Blue Ridge Parkway.

Featuring more than 370 photographs and 36 maps, the guide is written for travelers and residents alike. It offers concise entries on notable buildings, neighborhoods, and communities, emphasizing buildings which are visible from the street and indicating sites which are open to the general public.

A project of the North Carolina State Historic Preservation Place of business of the Division of Archives and History and its western Place of business in Asheville, the book reflects more than twenty-five years of fieldwork and analysis within the agency’s statewide architectural survey and National Register of Historic Places programs. A prior volume covers eastern North Carolina and a long run volume will cover the piedmont region.

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