Research Catalog

Title

A Noble and dignified stream : the Piscataqua Region in the colonial revival, 1860-1930 / edited by Sarah L. Giffen and Kevin D. Murphy.

Publication

York, Me. : Old York Historical Society, 1992.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Giffen, Sarah L.
• Murphy, Kevin D.
• Old York Historical Society.

Description

xiii, 241 pages : illustrations (some color); 29 cm

Subject

• Colonial revival (Architecture) > Piscataqua River Region (N.H. and Me.)
• Colonial revival (Art) > Piscataqua River Region (N.H. and Me.)
• American literature > Piscataqua River Region (N.H. and Me.) > History and criticism
• American literature
• Civilization
• Colonial revival (Architecture)
• Colonial revival (Art)
• Piscataqua River Region (N.H. and Me.) > Civilization
• United States > Piscataqua River Region

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Promoting the Colonial -- Purchasing the Past: Summer People and the Transformation of the Piscataqua Region in the Nineteenth Century / Dona Brown -- Restoring the Colonial Home -- The New Colonials: Restoration and Remodeling of Old Buildings Along the Piscataqua / Richard M. Candee -- The Colonial Revival Landscape -- "Tempus Fugit": Capturing the Past in the Landscape of the Piscataqua / Lucinda A. Brockway -- The Colonial in Art and Architecture -- Artistic Circles and Summer Colonies / Woodard D. Openo -- The Literature of the Colonial Revival -- "Colossal in Sheet-Lead": The Native American and Piscataqua-Region Writers / Karen Oakes -- Exhibiting the Colonial -- The Politics of Preservation: Historic House Museums in the Piscataqua Region / Kevin D. Murphy.

ISBN

• 0963195506
• 9780963195500

LCCN

92060647

OCLC

• ocm26716931
• 26716931
• SCSB-2000146

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library