The Restoration of Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia
by Kimball, Fiske, and Perry, William Graves, and Shurcliff, Arthur A., and Nash, Susan Higginson
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
New York: F.W. Dodge Corporation, 1935. Reprint. Reprint of The Architechural Record, December 1935. Hardcover. Good. No dust jacket. Cover has some wear and soiling, especially at top and bottom of spine, edges, and corners.. Lincoln, F. S. (Photographer). [355]-458 p. incl. illus. (part col.; incl. ports., plans, facsim. ) plates. 31 x 23 cm. Includes: Illustrations, Portraits, Plans, Plates. Reprinted from the Architectural record, December, 1935. The whole of this issue is devoted to the restoration. The restoration of colonial Williamsburg in Virginia, by Fiske Kimball. --The historical background. --Notes on the architecture, by W.G. Perry. --City plan and landscaping problems, by Arthur A. Shurcliff. --Paints, furniture and furnishings, by Mrs. Susan Higginson Nash. At the time this report was published, 66 colonial buildings had been repaired or restored, 84 had been reproduced from Colonial Foundations, a federal highway had been diverted, and streets, open spaces and gardens had been resumed their colonial appearnace, with lamp-posts, fences, brick walks, street surfaces, and plantings.
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- Title
- The Restoration of Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia
- Author
- Kimball, Fiske, and Perry, William Graves, and Shurcliff, Arthur A., and Nash, Susan Higginson
- Illustrator
- Lincoln, F. S. (Photographer)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good. No dust jacket. Cover has some wear and soiling, especially at top and bottom of spine, edges, and corners.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint. Reprint of The Architechural Record, December 1935
- Publisher
- F.W. Dodge Corporation
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1935
- Keywords
- Historic Preservation, John D. Rockeffeller, Thomase Mott Shaw, Andrew Hepburn, Bruton Parish, Williamsburg Holding Company, Williamsburg Restoration, St. George Tucker, Archibald Blair
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