Edward Shaw of Boston
Subtitle: antebellum architect and author : an introduction
By: James F. O'Gorman
Series: Transactions of the American Philosophical Society -- volume 106, part 2; Transactions of the American Philosophical Society -- v. 106, pt. 2.; Transactions of the American Philosophical Society -- v. 106, pt. 2.
Publisher: American Philosophical Society Press
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Philadelphia, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 156
ISBN-13: 9781606180624
Subjects: Written works; Architects; Architecture; History; Architectural practice
Description: This is the first in-depth study of the career of an important antebellum American architect and author. It is a contribution to the history of architecture and the history of the book. In the quarter century after 1830, Edward Shaw designed dozens of town houses in Boston, including the landmark Adam Wallace Thaxer, Jr. house on Beacon Hill (1836). Shaw also published five influential books on architecture and structural materials, one of them reprinted in several editions to 1900. Research in Boston archives has unearthed building records and drawings for unbuilt Shaw designs. The book also describes the design and contents of Shaw's published works, and traces their distribution across the country, from Maine to Oregon. -- Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.