topic:"Architecture" found 11 records - Research Collections

75 years of conservation : the story of the Conservation Society of York County

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14148

Author: Taylor, John D.

Date of Publication: 1997.

Call Number: 333.72 T243

Responsibility: by John D. Taylor.

Author: Taylor, John D.

Place of Publication: York, Pa

Publisher: Conservation Society of York County,

Date of Publication: 1997.

Physical Description: x, 132 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subjects: Conservation Society of York County (Pa.) - History.; Conservation of natural resources - Pennsylvania - York County.; Architecture

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 333.72 T243

Architecture of the Pennsylvania Dutch Country, 1700-1900

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Author: Kauffman, Henry J.,

Date of Publication: c1992.

Call Number: 720.9748 K21

Responsibility: by Henry J. Kauffman.

Author: Kauffman, Henry J.,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, PA

Publisher: H.J. Kauffman,

Date of Publication: c1992.

Physical Description: xi, 153 p. : ill. (some col.), plans ; 28 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 147) and index.

Subjects: Architecture - Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania Dutch Country.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 720.9748 K21

Everyday architecture of the Mid-Atlantic : looking at buildings and landscapes

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Author: Lanier, Gabrielle M.

Date of Publication: 1997.

Call Number: 720.974 L288

Responsibility: Gabrielle M. Lanier and Bernard L. Herman.

ISBN: 0801853249 (hc : alk. paper); 0801853257 (pbk. : alk paper)

Author: Lanier, Gabrielle M.

Place of Publication: Baltimore

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press,

Date of Publication: 1997.

Physical Description: xi, 407 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Series: Creating the North American landscape

Notes: "Published in cooperation with the Center for American Places, Harrisonburg, Virginia."; Includes bibliographical references (p. 385-394) and index.

Subjects: Architecture - Middle Atlantic States.; Regionalism in architecture - Middle Atlantic States.

Additional Author: Herman, Bernard L.,

Additional Corporate Author: Center for American Places.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 720.974 L288

The historic city of Lancaster : A report on its historic resources

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Date of Publication: 1995.

Call Number: 720.9 S358

expansion through Pennsylvania. By the mid-1700s, Lancaster was one of the largest inland towns in America." The character of the city was then defined by a small but refined core of public buildings and elegant town houses., the architecture of which was mostly based on English and later early American

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Responsibility: edited and additional text by David B. Schneider.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Historic Preservation Trust,

Date of Publication: 1995.

Physical Description: iii, 140 p. ill. 29 cm.

Notes: The purpose of this project has been to identify and map all historically significant areas within the city of Lancaster and to determine the boundaries of a district

Subjects: Architecture - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Historic districts - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Lancaster (Pa.) - History.

Additional Author: Schneider, David B.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 720.9 S358

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How to find the story of an old house : a guide to research sources and techniques in Bucks County

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Author: McNealy, Terry A.

Date of Publication: c1997.

Call Number: 728 M169

Responsibility: by Terry A. McNealy.

Author: McNealy, Terry A.

Place of Publication: Doylestown, PA

Publisher: Bucks County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: c1997.

Physical Description: 29 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.

Notes: Originally published as the Spring 1988 issue of the Mercer Mosaic, The Journal of the Bucks County Historical Society.; Includes index.

Subjects: Buildings - Pennsylvania - Bucks County; Architecture, Domestic - Pennsylvania - Bucks County; Bucks County (Pa.) - History.

Additional Corporate Author: Bucks County Historical Society.

Additional Title: Mercer mosaic.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 728 M169

If these walls could talk-- : an easy guide to tracking your house's genealogy

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Author: Houck, Maurcia DeLean.

Date of Publication: c1999.

Call Number: 728.37 H835

Responsibility: Maurcia DeLean Houck.

ISBN: 0897253507 (perfect bound : acidfree paper)

Author: Houck, Maurcia DeLean.

Place of Publication: Rockport, Me

Publisher: Picton Press,

Date of Publication: c1999.

Physical Description: 130 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Describes the steps to create a house history.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 128-130) and index.

Summary: "This guide will walk hand-in-hand with you through each and every step of your own historic trail by scouring the basement rooms of your local courthouse, state archives, historical society or newspaper morgue, and checking the house for structural and construction clues. This guide also explains how to give your home historic status through local, state and federal registers. You many find yourself -- and your house -- becoming a part of history." [ Amazon.com]

Subjects: Architecture, Domestic - United States

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 728.37 H835

Lancaster County architecture, 1700-1850

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Edition: 1st ed.

Date of Publication: 1992.

Call Number: 720.9748 L244

Responsibility: introduction by Gerald S. Lestz ; photographic contributions by John Herr.

ISBN: 0963515306

Edition: 1st ed.

Place of Publication: [Lancaster County, Pa.]

Publisher: Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County,

Date of Publication: 1992.

Physical Description: xv, 176 p. : chiefly ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.

Notes: Rare book copy is autographed by the author and photographer. Issued in case with Millersville University imprinted in gold.; Includes bibliographical references.

Summary: This elegant picture book identifies many 18th and early 19th century family homes, barns, mills, churches, and out buildings found in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania today. Gerald S. Lestz, noted local historian, has authored the introduction which includes interesting information on the history and stylistic development of Lancaster County's architecture form 1700 to 1850. You will see Germanic, Traditional English, Georgian, Federal, and Classical Revival buildings.