Title: Architecture in colonial America /
Authors: Donnelly, Marian C.; Roth, Leland M.
Publisher: University of Oregon Press,
Year: 2003
Subjects: Architecture, Colonial United States
Abstract: "An introduction to early colonial architecture, from Columbus to the American Revolution, Architecture in Colonial America covers everything from the first European settlers and early housing designs to Swedish and Dutch influences on public buildings and the rise of American Georgian architecture." "Marian C. Donnelly, a scholar known for her pioneering study of seventeenth-century meeting houses, applies a unique approach. She incorporates an extensive history of the European roots of early American architecture, with detailed discussions of town planning, tools and construction methods. Numerous previously unpublished maps, photographs and illustrations complement the text. The result is not only the final work of a great American scholar, but an accessible resource for academics and architecture buffs alike."--Jacket.
Contents: The age of exploration -- Early European settlements on the North American coast -- Early European colonial materials and tools -- Housing in the early colonies -- Early colonial public and religious buildings -- Survivals and innovations -- French and Spanish building in the colonial period -- 18th-century housing in the English colonies: the Georgian period -- 18th-century American churches and public buildings.