The Sandstone Architecture of the Lake Superior Region (Great Lakes Books)
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Published: December 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9780814328071
Subjects: Architectural structure & design; Area / regional studies; Local history; c 1800 to c 1900; c 1900 - c 1914; Vernacular Architecture; Architecture; Michigan; General; Public, Commercial, or Industrial Buildings; History - General; United States - State & Local - General; Regionalism in architecture; Sandstone; Sandstone buildings; Superior, Lake, Region
Description: "Kathryn Bishop Eckert studies this region as a built environment and examines the efforts of architects and builders to use local red sandstone. Eckert stresses the importance of the building materials as she explores the architectural history of a region whose builders wanted to reflect the local landscape.".

"Architectural historians, cultural geographers, geologists, and historic preservationists will be interested in this book that illuminates the history behind sandstone architecture."--BOOK JACKET.