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5.0 out of 5 stars
Definitive book on 17th Century Early American Homes,
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This review is from: The Framed Houses of Massachusetts Bay, 1625-1725 (Belknap Press) (Hardcover)
I first read the hardcopy version in 1979. I was so taken with the book I eventually ordered the paperback version which I still have. Both versions at this time are out of print, unfortunately. Cummings traces the design aesthetic from the Mother Country of England to the New World of Massachusetts with its abundant natural resources. This book is a valuable resource for anyone contemplating a saltbox design or who wishes to ensure the design is true to Puritan Massachusetts in the 1600s. The book is not dry but contains many pictures including the timber frame joinery, the masonry work, and the foundations. Cummings, to his credit, did the best he could with the existing homes as many fine specimens burned down or were otherwise destroyed over the years.
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The Framed Houses of Massachusetts Bay, 1625-1725 by Abbott Lowell Cummings (Paperback - January 1, 1979)
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