In Buildings of Michigan, Kathryn Bishop Eckert provides the first study of Michigan's architectural history to encompass the full range of buildings from early settlement to the present and to account for the full spectrum of architectural styles unique to this state. Dividing the state into two regional sections--the Upper Peninsula and Lower Peninsula--the book examines such structures as the mine locations in the Copper Range, early inns and houses along the Sauk Trail, the sandstone architecture of the Lake Superior region, resort architecture of the Little Traverse region, lighthouses and lifesaving stations of the Michigan shorelines of the Upper Great Lakes, the great houses of automotive industrialists in Grosse Pointe, the factories of Albert Kahn, the work of various local architects, and so on. Buildings of each period, style, type, and material is represented and a balanced selection of structures from urban, suburban, and rural areas are maintained to capture the essence of Michigan's architectural experience.
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"The most comprehensive architectural guide to Michigan ever published....This volume goes boldly where many an architectural guide fails to enter."--Detroit Free Press
"Taken overall, the book...is a grand tour of the state, with more than 400 photographs, and it sends the traveler to a few out-of-the-way spots sometimes not noted on the travel guides....It is fascinating to spot the old buildings, and some of the new ones, that caught your eye on recent travels and you wondered what the history of the place might be. This volume will give you the answer."--Bay City Times
"Some of the best and brightest writers and scholars in the field are behind this series....This looks like a classic series in the making."--The Boston Globe
"It is clear that the series will inform us about our own architectural heritage on a scale never before accomplished. The series is recommended for art and architecture library collections and is also appropriate for general college, university, and public libraries."--Art Documentation
"This volume is comprehensive in its geographic and chronological coverage, with buildings from all corners of the state and time periods covered. Serving as a guidebook for the motoring architectural enthusiast, even remote areas are covered with care....Buildings of Michigan is an exciting introduction to an architecturally interesting state. Written for both academicians and general readers, it succinctly presents a great deal of information."--Academic Library Book Review
"Taken overall, the book...is a grand tour of the state, with more than 400 photographs, and it sends the traveler to a few out-of-the-way spots sometimes not noted on the travel guides....It is fascinating to spot the old buildings, and some of the new ones, that caught your eye on recent travels and you wondered what the history of the place might be. This volume will give you the answer."--Bay City Times
"Some of the best and brightest writers and scholars in the field are behind this series....This looks like a classic series in the making."--The Boston Globe
"It is clear that the series will inform us about our own architectural heritage on a scale never before accomplished. The series is recommended for art and architecture library collections and is also appropriate for general college, university, and public libraries."--Art Documentation
"This volume is comprehensive in its geographic and chronological coverage, with buildings from all corners of the state and time periods covered. Serving as a guidebook for the motoring architectural enthusiast, even remote areas are covered with care....Buildings of Michigan is an exciting introduction to an architecturally interesting state. Written for both academicians and general readers, it succinctly presents a great deal of information."--Academic Library Book Review
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Kathryn Bishop Eckert, State Historic Preservation Officer and Supervisor, Historic Preservation Section, Bureau of History, Michigan Department of State.
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This review is from: Buildings of Michigan (Buildings of the United States) (Paperback)
Book contains not a few innacuracies. Sample:
"Members (of the Huron Mountain Club in the Upper Peninsula)now include affluent Michigan families like the Fords, Algers, Ferrys, Bentleys, and Angells - many of whom exploited the resources of the wilderness but saved this particular wilderness as sancturary and hideaway for themselves." The Fords have not been members since the 1930's. The Algers, Ferrys, and Angells have never been members. The Bentleys are members but are not a "Michigan Family" (they're from Chicago). Furthermore their affluence is somewhat open to question
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DETROIT BECAME THE PREMIER AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL CITY in the twentieth century, due mainly to its meteoric rise as the center of automobile production. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
suburban satellite region, yellowish white brick, clapboarded structure, modillions support, sports training complex, wood building tradition, book delivery room, entablature elements, corbeled cornice, emulate forms, modillioned cornice, lumbering era, preaching space, flaring eaves, hoist house, intersecting gables, paired brackets, sandstone foundation, vernacular interpretation, pedimented pavilions, open belfry, hood moldings, resort architecture, foliated capitals, brick exterior walls Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Grand Rapids, Greek Revival, Queen Anne, Lake Superior, Gothic Revival, Albert Kahn, Grand River, United States, Upper Peninsula, Battle Creek, Ann Arbor, Beaux-Arts Classical, Mackinac Island, Art Deco, Lake Huron, Woodward Ave, World War, Port Huron, University of Michigan, New England, Great Lakes, Richardsonian Romanesque, Sault Sainte Marie, Bay View New!
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DETROIT BECAME THE PREMIER AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL CITY in the twentieth century, due mainly to its meteoric rise as the center of automobile production. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
suburban satellite region, yellowish white brick, clapboarded structure, modillions support, sports training complex, wood building tradition, book delivery room, entablature elements, corbeled cornice, emulate forms, modillioned cornice, lumbering era, preaching space, flaring eaves, hoist house, intersecting gables, paired brackets, sandstone foundation, vernacular interpretation, pedimented pavilions, open belfry, hood moldings, resort architecture, foliated capitals, brick exterior walls Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Grand Rapids, Greek Revival, Queen Anne, Lake Superior, Gothic Revival, Albert Kahn, Grand River, United States, Upper Peninsula, Battle Creek, Ann Arbor, Beaux-Arts Classical, Mackinac Island, Art Deco, Lake Huron, Woodward Ave, World War, Port Huron, University of Michigan, New England, Great Lakes, Richardsonian Romanesque, Sault Sainte Marie, Bay View New!
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- Greek Revival Architecture in America by Talbot Hamlin on page 141, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Architecture of Country Houses (Dover Architecture) by Andrew J. Downing on page 65, and Back Matter
- The Detroit Institute of Arts: A Brief History by William H. Peck in Index (1), and Index (2)
- Designing for Industry: The Architecture of Albert Kahn by Grant Hildebrand in Back Matter
- The architecture of Alden B. Dow by Sidney K Robinson in Back Matter
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- The National Trust Guide to Art Deco in America (Preservation Press Series) by David Gebhard on page 126, and Back Matter
- Marquette (Images of America: Michigan) by Gabriel N. Downs in Front Matter
- Cabin Fever: Rustic Style comes Home by Rachel Carley in Back Matter
- A History of American Architecture: Buildings in Their Cultural and Technological Context by Mark Gelernter in Back Matter
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