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Governor's Houses and State Houses of British Colonial America, 1607-1783 : an Historical, Architectural and Archaeological Survey / Hoke P. Kimball and Bruce Henson.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks E 159 .K55 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kimball, Hoke P., 1952- author.
- Henson, Bruce, 1954- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Governors--Dwellings--United States.
- Governors.
- Capitols--History.
- Capitols.
- Architecture, Colonial--United States.
- Architecture, Colonial.
- United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
- United States.
- Governors--Dwellings.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 479 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2017]
- Summary:
- "This comprehensive survey of British colonial governors' houses and buildings used as state houses or capitols in the North American colonies begins with the founding of the Virginia Colony and ends with American independence"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Historic Preservation in the United States
- Architecture in the American Colonies
- Virginia Governor s Houses and State Houses
- 1607 to 1783
- Massachusetts Governor s Houses and State Houses
- 1620 to 1783
- New Hampshire Governor s Houses and State Houses
- 1623 to 1783
- Maryland Governor s Houses and State Houses
- 1634 to1783
- Connecticut Governor s Houses and State Houses
- 1634 to 1783
- Rhode Island Governor s Houses and State Houses
- 1636 to 1783
- North Carolina Governor s Houses and State Houses
- 1663 to 1783
- Delaware Governor s Houses and State Houses
- 1664 to 1783
- New Jersey Governor s Houses and State Houses
- New York Governor s Houses and State Houses
- South Carolina Governor s Houses and State Houses
- 1670 to 1783
- Pennsylvania Governor s Houses and State Houses
- 1681 to 1783
- Georgia Governor s Houses and State Houses
- 1732 to 1783
- Florida and Quebec Governor s Houses and State Houses
- 1763 to 1783.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 447-456) and index.
- Local Notes:
- HSP Credit Line -- 1) "The Slate Roof House" watercolor, David J. Kennedy watercolors [V61], call number K: 2-140. Page 343.; 2) "Lansdown Mansion Built by John Penn" watercolor, David J. Kennedy watercolors [V61], call number K: 2-46. Page 358.; 3) "Mansion originally belonging to Richard Penn on the South Side of Market between 5th and 6th" watercolor, David J. Kennedy watercolors [V61], call number K: II-1. Page 360.
- ISBN:
- 9780786470518
- 0786470518
- OCLC:
- 948560975
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