Research Catalog

Title

The country seats of the United States / William Russell Birch ; edited with an introduction by Emily T. Cooperman.

Author

Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834.

Publication

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2009], ©2009.

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Additional Authors

Cooperman, Emily T.

Description

87 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color); 24 cm.

Series Statement

Penn studies in landscape architecture

Uniform Title

Penn studies in landscape architecture.

Subjects

• Pennsylvania > History, Local
• Historic buildings > Pennsylvania
• Middle Atlantic States > History, Local
• Suburban homes > United States > History > 19th century
• United States > History, Local
• Historic buildings > Middle Atlantic States
• Landscape architecture > United States > History > 19th century
• Historic buildings > United States > Pictorial works
• United States > Description and travel

Note

• "First issued ... in 1808"--Introduction.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Hoboken, Hoboken, New Jersey -- Hampton, Towson, Maryland -- Lansdowne, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -- Echo, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -- Mount Vernon, Alexandria, Virginia -- Fountain Green, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -- Solitude, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -- Devon, Bucks County, Pennsylvania -- Mount Sidney, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -- The seat of Mr. Duplantier (Delord-Sarpy Mansion), New Orleans, Louisiana -- Montebello, Baltimore, Maryland -- Woodlands, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -- Sedgeley, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -- Belmont, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -- York Island, New York, New York -- Mendenhall Ferry, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -- China Retreat, Bucks County, Pennsylvania -- Springland, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

ISBN

• 9780812241327 (alk. paper)
• 0812241320 (alk. paper)

LCCN

• 2008022364
• 99932177877

OCLC

• ocn229036149
• 229036149
• SCSB-5448514

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries