City of wooden houses : Georgetown, Guyana /
Davis, Compton,photographer.
Georgetown's architecture was molded by the French, Dutch, British and Spanish during the C18th/C19th and built in a classical style reinterpreted by local craftsmen largely in wood. The book gives a brief history of Georgetown, explaining the various house types with photographs of the buildings and their particular features.
Includes bibliographical references (page 187) and index.
Forword / David A. Granger -- Introduction: Georgetown and its building tradition -- The wooden houses of Georgetown -- Queenstown -- Kingston -- Cummingsburg -- Stabroek -- Robbstown and Bourda -- Conclusion.
Georgetown's architecture was molded by the French, Dutch, British and Spanish during the C18th/C19th and built in a classical style reinterpreted by local craftsmen largely in wood. The book gives a brief history of Georgetown, explaining the various house types with photographs of the buildings and their particular features.
Architecture, Domestic
TRAVEL / South America / General.
Architecture, Domestic.