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Buildings of Delaware (Buildings of the United States)

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The contemporary volume within the Society of Architectural Historians’ prestigious Buildings of america series, Buildings of Delaware is the first book to document the state’s architectural history from all periods. Extensively illustrated with photographs and maps, and supplemented by a word list and bibliography, the amount covers buildings of many styles, types, and materials, from grand mansions to vernacular structures, and from urban to rural settings. The noted architectural historian W. Barksdale Maynard spent much of 2002 through 2004 canvassing the wealthy cultural heritage of the state and investigating its relationship to the built environment–from an ancient Dutch dyke of 1660 to a state of the art cable-stay bridge recently completed, from colonial smokehouses within the countryside of Kent County to a rare, intact, International Style 1940s elementary school within the city of Wilmington. Some of the architectural forms discussed are industrial and agricultural buildings and structures that characterize the state’s rivers, canals, and shoreline, from gristmills to bridges and lighthouses. Major cities such as Newark and Wilmington are thought to be at length, with entries on homes, churches, schools, and government buildings, and the state’s natural landscape, parks, and such renowned gardens as Winterthur are also described. Buildings of Delaware will provide scholars with valuable information at the architecture of the state, and will spark the imagination of general readers and local historians as well.

A volume within the Buildings of america series of the Society of Architectural Historians

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