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Henry L.A. Jekel : architect of eastern skyscrapers and the California style, 1895-1950 / by H. Vincent Moses, Catherine Whitmore.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection NA712.J45 M6 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Moses, H. Vincent.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jekel, Henry L. A., 1876-1960.
- Jekel, Henry L. A.
- Architecture--United States--History--20th century.
- Architecture.
- Landscape architecture--United States.
- Landscape architecture.
- Buffalo (N.Y.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
- Buffalo (N.Y.).
- Chicago (Ill.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
- Chicago (Ill.).
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
- Philadelphia (Pa.).
- Washington (D.C.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
- Washington (D.C.).
- Riverside (Calif.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
- Riverside (Calif.).
- California--Riverside.
- Illinois--Chicago.
- New York (State)--Buffalo.
- Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- United States.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 245 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Riverside, CA : Inlandia Institute, 2018.
- Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: The making of an architect
- Part I: East Coast Whirlwind Rising, 1894-1919
- Chapter 1. Buffalo delivers a dynamo, 1894-1900
- Chapter 2. H.L.A. Jekel Co., Architects: Designers and builders of skyscrapers, 1900-1908
- Chapter 3. Romanced by the sun, Riverside, 1909-1914
- Part II: The California style: "Drawn in the studio of Henry L.A. Jekel," Riverside, California, 1919-1960
- Chapter 1. Rise of California style
- Chapter 2. The Spanish Bungalow on New Magnolia Avenue
- Chapter 3: The Neighbors and the Baptists
- Chapter 4. "Castillo Isabella:" C.W. Benedict's Mini-Alhambra, 1921-1931
- Chapter 5. Orange Grove Estates, Pretentious City Houses, 1922-1938
- Chapter 6: Picturesque homes in the streetcar suburbs, 1922-1941
- Chapter 7. Riverside, beautiful and picturesque: National prize-winning landscapes of Henry L.A. Jekel, 1932-1938
- Chapter 8. The people's engineer: Parks, reservoirs, pools, and monuments, 1931-1945
- Chapter 9. Temples of commerce, 1922-1948
- Conclusion: The legacy of Henry L.A. Jekel
- Inventory of known Jekel works
- Map: Distribution of known Jekel commissions in Riverside, California, 1922-1950
- Endnotes
- Select bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-232).
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Gemmill fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 9780997093278
- 0997093277
- OCLC:
- 1076575445
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