The Sandstone Architecture of the Lake Superior Region (Great Lakes Books Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.19 (680 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0814328075 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 344 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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-- Rochelle B. -- Alison Hoagland, Michigan Technological University. Geography, geology, architecture, and biography are joined to create this detailed study of a region and the majestic sandstone with which it was developed--rugged buildings for a muscular landscape. Elstein, Ph.D., Bibliographer, Northwestern University LibraryKathryn Bishop Eckert has given us a truly superb study of the sandstone architecture of the Upper Great Lakes. Eckert examines sandstone both as an industry, tracking significant quarries, and also as an important element of the built landscape. Eaton, Emil Lorch Professor of Architecture Emeritus, University of MichiganThis text tak
A prize addition to my professional library David Arbogast This is a well-written monograph of the quarries, sandstone industry, and buildings erected from the sandstone of the upper peninsula of Michigan and the Apostle Island area of Wisconsin. The book is thorough and filled with excellent photographs of various buildings erected during the all-too-brief popularity of the red and brown sandstone quarried from the late nineteenth-century to the early years of t. M.Royea said ABSOLUTELY THE MOST PERFECT BOOK TO BE WRITTEN ABOUT SANDSTONE STRUCTURES!. Thank you to this author for spending her time, energy and resources on this book. You did a fabulous job referencing. This is my #1 most valued treasure at this time.
. She is the editor of Buildings of Michigan (Oxford, 1993). Kathryn Bishop Eckert is past state historical preservation officer for Michigan, active in several local and regional preservation organizations, and Michigan advisor for the National Trust for Historic Preservation
In satisfying this demand, architects, builders, and clients preferred local red sandstone. From 1870 to 1910 the prosperity of the copper and iron mining, lumbering, and shipping industries of the Lake Superior region created a demand for more substantial buildings. 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.. The red sandstone city halls, county courthouses, churches, schools, libraries, banks, commercial blocks, and houses give the Lake Superior region a distinct identity. Kathryn Bishop Eckert studies this region as a built environment and examines the efforts of architects and builders to use local red sandstone. Because it was extracted easily in large blocks and shipped cheap