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The Sandstone Architecture of the Lake Superior Region

The Sandstone Architecture of the Lake Superior Region Hardcover - 2000

by Kathryn Bishop Eckert

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Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. fine in near fine.. First edition. 26 x 18cm, Quarto. 324 pp. Small bump/intent inside front cover dust jacket.
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  • Title The Sandstone Architecture of the Lake Superior Region
  • Author Kathryn Bishop Eckert
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First edition
  • Condition Used - fine in near fine.
  • Pages 344
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Wayne State University Press, Detroit, Michigan
  • Date 2000
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 62877
  • ISBN 9780814328071 / 0814328075
  • Weight 1.95 lbs (0.88 kg)
  • Dimensions 10.29 x 7.29 x 1 in (26.14 x 18.52 x 2.54 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Great Lakes
    • Cultural Region: Midwest
    • Geographic Orientation: Michigan
  • Library of Congress subjects Sandstone buildings - Superior, Lake, Region, Regionalism in architecture - Superior,
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 99036667
  • Dewey Decimal Code 721.044

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From the publisher

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. In satisfying this demand, architects, builders, and clients preferred local red sandstone. They found this stone beautiful, colorful, carvable, durable, and fireproof. Because it was extracted easily in large blocks and shipped cheaply by water, it was economical. 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. 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.

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  • Choice, 02/01/2001, Page 1073

About the author

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. She is the editor of Buildings of Michigan (Oxford, 1993).

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