Product Description

Introducing readers to the region's architectural heritage, this guide features 1,200 historic buildings of architecture of western North Carolina. 370 photos. 36 maps.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1199344 in Books
• Published on: 1999-04-26
• Released on: 1999-04-14
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 496 pages

Review
[A] prototype in establishing an increased level of accessibility for those wishing to explore architecture from a regional perspective.

Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians

The book is a pleasure not only to read but also to use in the field.

Journal of Southern History

A stunningly articulate, witty, artful, but dry-eyed introduction to the architecture of western North Carolina.

North Carolina Historical Review

[F]ully demonstrates that there is no better evidence of the region's richly varied past and socioeconomic range than its architecture.

John C. Inscoe, author of Mountain Masters: Slavery and the Sectional Crisis in Western North Carolina

Western North Carolina is blessed with marvelous historic architecture and this wonderful book captures it all.

Richard Moe, president, National Trust for Historic Preservation

From the Inside Flap
This illustrated field guide to the historic architecture of western North Carolina covers 1200 buildings in 25 counties, from Cherokee mounds to the Biltmore House.

About the Author
Jennifer Martin is National Register coordinator at the State Historic Preservation Office. She and Michael Southern were formerly preservation specialists with the Western Office of Archives and History in Asheville.

Customer Reviews

Best architecture guidebooks in existence
As with the other titles in this series by Bishir, they just don't get any better. The three books together offer a complete survey of historic architecture in North Carolina. There are many small black and white photographs included, good maps, essays that place the structures in historical context, addresses and precise dating, all grouped by county and organized around the principal towns in each. Many an AIA guide attempts this format and falls far short.

I liked this series so much I bought it twice--one to save and one to use.

Wonderfully informative
This is a book of wonder and revelation, illuminating the history and splendor of one of America's most magical regions. It will make you want to learn more and more and then drive the Blue Ridge Parkway.