Summer Cottages in the White Mountains: The Architecture of Leisure and Recreation, 1870 to 1930 (Hardcover)

~ Bryant F. Tolles Jr. (Author) "Comprising the northwest portion of Conway township, the village of North Conway saw in the 1820s its economic base begin to shift from agriculture, commerce,..." (more)
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"The scholarship is ground breaking . . . Generously illustrated . . . the book is a pleasure to look through while you learn about the architecture of the cottages, including details of personal eccentricities, habits, and pastimes of the cottage owners." --New Hampshire Antiques Monthly

Product Description

An expert looks at the historic role of summer cottages in New Hampshire's popular White Mountain region.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 318 pages
• Publisher: UPNE; 1st edition (May 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0874519535
• ISBN-13: 978-0874519532
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 9.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #554,960 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Summer Cottages in the White Mountains, June 22, 2000

By	Linda D. White (Maine, USA) - See all my reviews

This book is a well researched and, to my personal knowledge, an accurate historical account of these houses. The description of the house that my great grandfather had built for our family was biographically accurate and architectually detailed. Beautifully illustrated. Having personal details of the lives of the people who built these houses adds depth and interest. A wonderful reading experience for people with N.H. roots and interest in turn of the century architecture.

2.0 out of 5 stars exterior photos only, March 23, 2008

By	paddlerD (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews

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If you are looking for an academic treatise on nice houses of this time and place, or want to get a little history on specific houses in the area, I suspect this is a marvelous book. The basic pattern is one or two exterior pictures, often somewhat small, and a couple of pages of text, for each of a hundred lovely old getaway homes for the wealthy of the time. I buy a lot of books in the general vein of beautiful old homes/camps/cottages/cabins in beautiful recreational areas such as Maine and other Coastal New England and like most of them. This one just wasn't good fodder for the fantasy of what it would be to own one of these houses. There were only a handful of interior photos in the whole book, and many/most of the exterior photos are small black and whites from old magazines from the area. I appreciate being educated a little while I dream, but this one was order's of magnitudes too dry for me.