Homes in the heartland : balloon frame farmhouses of the upper Midwest / Fred W. Peterson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peterson, Fred W.

Series:

Fesler-Lampert Minnesota heritage book series.

Fesler-Lampert Minnesota heritage book series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Farmhouses--Middle West--Design and construction--History.

Farmhouses.

Balloon framing--Middle West--History.

Balloon framing.

Farmhouses--Middle West--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (312 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Homes in the Heartland offers a captivating explanation of the revolutionary balloon frame house construction that swept across Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin from 1850 to 1920, enabling the settlers of the upper Midwest to establish frontier homes. Fred W. Peterson leads readers through the technical aspects of farmhouse construction and discusses the social, economic, and aesthetic values of these familiar homes.

Contents:

Balloon frame structural system

Typology for balloon frame farmhouses in the upper midwest

Settlement and shelter

Farmhouse types 1 and 2 : what makes a house a home?

Farmhouse types 3 and 4 : a vernacular aesthetics

Farmhouse types 5 and 6 : style, substance, and community

Farmhouse types 8 and 9 : consolidation and standardization

Farmhouse type 10 : rural images of success

Conclusion: bricks, balloon frames, and hi-tech.

Notes:

Originally published: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, 1992.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-5670-3

OCLC:

476162549