Architecture of Middle Georgia The Oconee Area

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Linley, John.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Historic buildings--Georgia.

Historic buildings.

Architecture--Georgia.

Architecture.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015

Place of Publication:

[Athens] University of Georgia Press [1972]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The middle Georgia area-including Baldwin, Hancock, Jasper, Johnson, Putnam, Washington, and Wilkinson Counties-is a vast living museum of classic southern architecture. First published in 1972, this sweeping survey remains one of the best books on the topic, covering primitive, Gothic, Greek Revival, and Victorian styles, and beyond. John Linley's descriptions of the diverse structures of the Oconee area are illustrated with more than three hundred photographs and representative floor plans. Fine architecture, as Linley shows, is greatly influenced by climate and geography, by the natural res

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; 1 The Land that Is Oconee; 2 The First Georgians; 3 Early Settlers and Indigenous Architecture; 4 Oconee Federal and Transitional Architecture; 5 Greek Revival Architecture of the Antebellum Era; 6 From Indigenous Two-Story House to Greek Revival Mansion; 7 Antebellum Grounds, Interior, and Diverse Architectural Styles; 8 Victorian Architecture After 1865; 9 The Classic Re-revival; 10 Toward a New Architecture; 11 Baldwin County; 12 Hancock County; 13 Jasper County; 14 Johnson County; 15 Putnam County; 16 Washington County

17 Wilkinson CountyMaps; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; Owners and Former Owners of Houses Featured*; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Y; Italic page numbers indicate location of pictures.; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Bibliography: p. [189]-190.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780820346915

0820346918

OCLC:

874097763