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Historic Hudson

by Byrne Fone

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Publisher Comments:

An architectural portrait of the city of Hudson, NY (est. 1783), featuring more than 200 antique and modern photographs and antique maps, with many of the photographs dating from 1850-1930. The city of Hudson, founded in 1783 by Quaker merchants and whalers from New England, has been called a dictionary of American Architecture because of its many 18th and 19th century buildings that have survived to the present day. With a foreword by poet John Ashbery, and an introduction by novelist/screenwriter Rudy Wurlitzer and photographer Lynn Davis.

Book News Annotation:

In spite of its relatively small size, Hudson, NY has been home to a wide range of architecture styles, including "Nantucket-style saltboxes, Federal, Greek Revival, mid-century Victorian, towered and turreted late Victorian, Italianate, stick-style houses of the 1880s, Second Empire, Queen Anne and Colonial Revival homes of the 1890s, Romanesque Academic revival, Arts and Crafts bungalows of the 1920s and 1930s, as well less grand early-twentieth-century "comfortable homes" of shingle, stucco, and brick." This work chronologically describes Hudson's architectural development through text and numerous black and white photographs. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Synopsis:

An architectural gallery of the city of Hudson featuring antique maps and more than 200 photographs, most dating from 1850??1930. The city of Hudson, founded in 1783, has been called "a dictionary of American architecture design" because of its many 18th and 19th-century buildings that have survived to the present day.

Product Details

ISBN:
9781883789466
Subtitle:
An Architectural Portrait
Author:
Fone, Byrne
Introduction:
Wurlitzer, Rudy
Foreword:
Ashbery, John
Author:
Fone, Byrne R. S.
Publisher:
Black Dome Press
Subject:
History - General
Subject:
History
Subject:
Criticism
Subject:
Architecture
Subject:
U.S. Architecture - General
Subject:
History : General
Publication Date:
August 2005
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
208
Dimensions:
10.82x8.28x.47 in. 1.52 lbs.

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