Ante bellum houses of the Bluegrass : the development of residential architecture in Fayette County, Kentucky / Clay Lancaster.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lancaster, Clay, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture, Domestic--Kentucky--Fayette County.

Architecture, Domestic.

Historic buildings--Kentucky--Fayette County.

Historic buildings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (203 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : University of Kentucky Press, 1961.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

The ante bellum homes of Lexington and Fayette County, Kentucky, are both more numerous and more distinctive in design than those of many communities of similar age. Founded in 1775, Lexington by the turn of the century had become the chief cultural center north of New Orleans and west of the Alleghenies. During the eight decades between the Revolution and the Civil War, Fayette County was the focus of converging streams of immigration, and a phenomenal amount of building activity took place in Lexington and the surrounding area. Although local builders followed the trends of national architec

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1 PIONEER BUILDING; 2 FRAME HOUSES; 3 STONE HOUSES; 4 EARLY BRICK HOUSES; 5 THE GEOMETRIC PHASE; 6 CLASSICISM; 7 THE GREEK REVIVAL; 8 THE GOTHIC REVIVAL; 9 THE ITALIANATE; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; GLOSSARY; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; ALBUM OF PHOTOGRAPHS; BIBLIOGRAPHICAL INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780813186818

0813186811

9780813165158

0813165156

OCLC:

567907221