The Chesapeake House: Architectural Investigation by Colonial Williamsburg
"This collection of essays is a milestone for architectural historians. While it will appeal to historians in any field, meeting rigorous expectations of scholarship, it will delight and inform a much wider audience beyond academe, just as the editors hope."--Journal of American History"A tour de force of fieldwork, analysis, and synthesis, providing the most thorough and nuanced understanding of Chesapeake buildings available."--Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography"An important handbook to curators, scholars, and students in the field. . . . It is a seminal work in the field and will be referred to for years to come."--Virginia Magazine"Perhaps once in a generation there appears a published architectural history that achieves landmark status at the onset.The Chesapeake Housedeserves that status and more. . . . This work can truly be called a paradigm shift for how we should see and understand a significant regional development of American architecture."--Southeastern Society of Architectural Historians 2013 Book Award"This important volume. . . is richly illustrated with measured floor plans, paintings, and photographs. . . . Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above; general readers."--Choice"The Chesapeake Houseis an important addition to the literature of the period and region and should be considered for both public and academic libraries."--Arts Libraries Society of North America"[This] book transforms our understanding of Chesapeake region buildings . . . [It] should become an essential reference for anyone interested in early American architecture."--Colonial Williamsburg