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A FIELD GUIDE TO AMERICAN HOUSESVirginia & Lee McAlester The definitive guide to styles & details of houses built in the US from the 17th century to the present. Profusely illustrated with photographs and drawings. The text is authoritative, clear & very readable.
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THE VICTORIAN HOUSE BOOK: A Practical Guide to Home Repair & Decoration Robin Guild A useful and informative guide for the millions of people who live in houses built between about 1840 and the early twentieth century. Beautifully illustrated with 500 colour photographs and 1500 line drawings and with a text that combines practical advice with historical information, this book urges respect for original features and details while suggesting methods of adapting these houses to modern living.
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WORKING WINDOWSTerry Meany - Seattle's 'Mr. Window' All you need to know about repairing, replacing or restoring doublehung windows, casements, awning windows and fixed windows
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A Field Guide to American Architecture Carole Rifkind, New American Library, New York, 1980 A Guide to American Trade Catalogs 1744-1900 Lawrence B. Romaine, Dover, 1990 America's Favorite Homes: Mail-Order Catalogues Robert Schweitzer & Michael W.R. Davis, Wayne State University Press, Detroit, Michigan 1990 America's Forgotten Architecture Tony P. Wrenn, & Elizabeth D. Mulloy, National Trust for Historic Preservation/Pantheon Books, New York, 1976 American Architecture 1600 - 1945 J.B. Blumenson, American Association for State & Local History, Nashville, Tennessee, 1977 American Architecture Since 1780: A Guide to the Styles Marcus Whiffen, MIT Press, 1969 Basic Wiring and Electrical Repairs Black and Decker Home Improvement Library, Cy DeCosse Inc., Minnetonka, MN, 1990 Cast Iron Architecture in America: The Significance of James Bogardus Margot Gayle and Carol Gayle, W.W. Norton & Co., NY, 1998 Fabrics for Historic Buildings Jane C. Nylander, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Washington, DC, 1983 Got Lead? Terry Meany, Meany Press, Kenmore WA, 2000 Send Email Federal Style Patterns 1`780 - 1820 Marybeth Mudrick,. The the first pattern book of the style published in more than 200 years. Visit the Website Houses by Mail Katherine Cole Stevenson & H. Ward Jandl, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Washington, DC House Histories: a Guide to Tracing the Genealogy of your Home Sally Light, Golden Hill Press, Spencertown, New York, 1989 How Old is this House? Hugh Howard, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York, 1989 Identifying American Architecture: A Pictorial Guide to Styles and Terms, 1600 - 1945 John J.G. Blumenson, American Association for State & Local History, Nashville, Tennessee, 1981 Inside the Bungalow: America's Art & Craft interior Paul Duchscherer, Penguin Putman Inc, New York, NY, 1997 Lighting for Historic Buildings Roger W. Moss, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Washington, DC New Orleans Houses: A House-watcher's Guide Lloyd Vogt, Pelican Publishing, Gretna, Louisiana, 1989 Practical Restoration Reports John Leeke, 26 Higgins St, Portland, ME 04103 Recreating the Historic House Interior William Seale, American Association for State & Local History, Nashville, Tennessee, 1979 Renovating Old Houses George Nash, Taunton Press, Newtown CT, 1992 and 1998 Textiles In America 1650-1870 Florence M. Montgomery, WW Norton, NY, 1984 The new traditional garden : a practical guide to creating & restoring authentic American gardens Michael Weishan, Ballantine Books, New York, 1999 The Slate Roof Bible Joe Jenkins, Jenkins Publishing, PO Box 607, Grove City, PA 16127 USA Phone 814-786-8209 Victorian Exterior Decoration Roger W. Moss & Gail Caskey Winkler, Henry Holt, NY, 1987 Victorian Houses--A Treasury of 100 Original Designs David Spellman, Hill House Publishing, P.O. Box 41169, Los Angeles, CA 90041 Victorian Interior Decoration Roger W. Moss & Gail Caskey Winkler, Henry Holt, NY, 1986 Wallpapers for Historic Buildings Richard C. Nylander, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Washington, DC |
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