Homes in the heartland
Subtitle: balloon frame farmhouses of the upper Midwest, 1850-1920
By: Fred W. Peterson.
Series: Rural America; Rural America (Lawrence, Kan.)
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Lawrence, Kan
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
Subjects: Farmhouses -- Middle West -- Design and construction -- History; Balloon framing -- Middle West -- History; Farmhouses -- Middle West -- History
Description: This book chronicles the balloon frame construction revolution as it spread fromChicago into Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, and accross South Dakota and North Dakota.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-288) and index.