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Tennessee log buildings : a folk tradition / John B. Rehder.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rehder, John B.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Log buildings--Tennessee--History.
- Log buildings.
- Log buildings--Tennessee--Design and construction.
- Vernacular architecture--Tennessee--History.
- Vernacular architecture.
- Farm buildings--Tennessee--History.
- Farm buildings.
- Historic buildings--Tennessee.
- Historic buildings.
- Tennessee--Social life and customs.
- Tennessee.
- Tennessee--History, Local.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (177 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Drawing on more than four decades of research, Tennessee Log Buildings examines one of the Volunteer State's most precious-and fast-disappearing-traditions. From the pioneer era through the mid-twentieth century, folk builders in Tennessee used logs to construct cabins, barns, other outbuildings, schools, and churches. In warm, accessible prose that often makes this deeply researched work read like guidebook, John Rehder explores the varied styles and architectural characteristics of these fascinating structures, including their floor plans, the types of timber used, and the different not
- Contents:
- Discovering Folk Architecture
- Two Tennessee Hearths : A Settlement History
- Log Houses
- Log Barns and Outbuildings
- Exceptional Log Places
- Appendix: Distribution Maps.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781283657457
- 1283657457
- 9781572339316
- 1572339314
- OCLC:
- 813844881
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