Dr. Kimball and Mr. Jefferson
Subtitle: rediscovering the founding fathers of American architecture
By: Hugh Howard
Edition: 1st U.S. ed
Publisher: Bloomsbury Pub.; Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 305
Subjects: Kimball, Fiske, -- 1888-1955; Jefferson, Thomas, -- 1743-1826; Architecture and society -- United States -- History -- 18th century; Architecture -- Historiography; Historic preservation -- United States
Other titles: Doctor Kimball and Mister Jefferson
Description: Includes information on Charles Bulfinch, classicism, Charles Louis Clerisseau, Elenora Coolidge, Maria Hadfield Cosway, Derby Mansion, Federal Hall (New York), Benjamin Henry Latrobe, Pierre Charles L'Enfant, Monticello, Andrea Palladio, Charles Willson Peale, Anna Maria Brodeau Thornton, U.S. Capitol, Virginia State Capitol, University of Virginia, George Washington, etc
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-291) and index