Under live oaks : the last great houses of the Old South / Caroline Seebohm & Peter Woloszynski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Seebohm, Caroline.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plantations--Southern States.

Plantations.

Architecture, Domestic--Southern States.

Architecture, Domestic.

Architecture--Southern States--19th century.

Architecture.

Plantation life--Southern States--History.

Plantation life.

Southern States.

History.

Physical Description:

304 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Clarkson Potter, [2002]

Summary:

The authors spent two years traveling through Mississippi, Louisiana, Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia, and the Carolinas, photographing old homes and plantations, and interviewing the residents. The result is a stunning, elegant, and often poignant look at a vanishing way of life. An appendix provides information about houses open to the public. 200 photos.

Contents:

Virginia : Sherwood Forest, Black Walnut Farm, the Woodlands

The Carolinas : Cooleemee Plantation, McLeod House

Mississippi : Paloma Plantation & Hayne Hall, Cedar Hill, Fleur de Lys, the Elms, Green Leaves, Lansdowne

Louisiana : Catalpa

Tennessee : Fairvue

Georgia : St. Elmo, Stokes-McHenry House, Dinglewood, Shields-Ethridge Farm, Carnegie Estate

Florida : Stockton-Curry House

Alabama : Winter Place

Appendix 1 : distinctive architectural styles of the antebellum South

Appendix 2 : defining the decorative arts of the Old South.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

0609606999

OCLC:

48641864