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Preservation & Architectural History Bibliography

Check out this helpful, annotated list of our favorite books, articles and web links related to Historic Preservation and Architecture.

 

Preservation & Architectural History Bibliography

Newport Architecture

Bridenbaugh, Carl. Peter Harrison, First American Architect, University of North Carolina Press, 1949. Harrison lived in Newport and designed several buildings in the city during the 18th century. Out of print

Downing & Scully. The Architectural History of Newport Rhode Island – 1649 to 1915, Clarkson Potter Inc, 1967, 2nd edition. The standard text on Newport architecture. May be difficult to find.

Guinness, Desmond & Sadler Jr., Julius. Newport Preserv’d, Viking Press, 1982. Addresses preservation efforts in Newport in the 1960s & 1970s, well illustrated, out of print.

Isham, Norman, & Brown, Albert F. Early Rhode Island Houses, Preston & Rounds, 1895

Stachiw, Myron O. The Early Architecture & Landscape of the Narragansett Basin, The Vernacular Architecture Forum, 2001. Published for the 2001 annual conference. Printed in limited numbers – vol. I is on Newport, vol. II is on the East & West Bay, and vol. III is on the Blackstone River Valley & Providence. Try the VAF web site for possible copies.

Yarnall, James L. Newport Through Its Architecture, Salve Regina University Press, 2005. A look at Newport’s diverse architecture from the beginning to the present.

 

Newport Furniture

Beckerdite, Luke – editor. American Furniture – 1999, Chipstone Foundation, 1999. This is a yearly publication; there are several pieces on Newport and Rhode Island furniture and makers.

Beckerdite, Luke – editor. American Furniture – 2000, Chipstone Foundation, 2000. Includes a piece on the early furniture of Christopher & Job Townsend.

Greene, Jeffery P. American Furniture of the 18th Century, Taunton Press, 1996. Good overall approach to 18th century furniture styles combined with excellent drawings showing the construction of the pieces. Many are Newport in origin.

Moses, Michael. Master Craftsmen of Newport, American Press, 1984. An expensive, out-of-print volume that is important to the study of Townsend-Goddard furniture.

Sack, Albert. The New Fine Points of Furniture – Early American, Crown Publishing, 1993. While not devoted to Newport furniture, Newport pieces figure in the book with comparisons to works from other 18trh century colonial cities.

 

General Architectural, 18th century

Ayres, James. Building the Georgian City, Yale University Press, 1998.

Cummings, Abbott Lowell. The Framed Houses of Massachusetts Bay, Belknap Press, 1979.

Isham, Norman. Early Connecticut Houses, Dover edition, first, 1965

Palladio, Andrea. The Four Books on Architecture, MIT Press 1998.

Parissien, Steven. The Georgian House in Britain and America, Rizzoli, 1995.

Trevernor, Robert. Palladio and Palladianism, Thames and Hudson, 1991.

Hafertepe, Keneth & O’Gorman, James F. American Architects and Their Books to 1848, University of Press, 2001.

 

General Preservation Titles

Barthel, Diane. Historic Preservation, Rutgers University Press, 1966

Brand, Stuart. How Buildings Learn, Penguin Books, 1994.

Lindgren, James M. Preserving Historic New England, Oxford University Press, 1995.

Mansfield, Howard. The Same Ax, Twice, University Press of New England, 2000.

 

Preservation Guides & References

Bristow, Ian. Interior House Paint Colours & Technique 1615 – 1846, Yale University Press, 1996.

Bucher, Ward, editor. Dictionary of Building Preservation, Preservation Press, 1996.

Bullock, Orin M. The Restoration Manuel, Silvermine Publishers, 1966

Candee, Richard. House Paints in Colonial America, Chromatic Publishing Co., out of print.

Hoadley, R. Bruce. Identifying Wood Taunton Press, 1990.

Kitchen, Judith L. Caring For Your Old House, Preservation Press, 1991.

Maycock, Susan & Zimmerman,Sarah. Painting Historic Exteriors, Cambridge Historical Commission, 1998.

Millar, William. Plastering Plain and Decorative, BUT. Bats ford, 1897; reprinted Don head Publishing Ltd., 2001.

Miller, Judith & Martin. Period Finishes and Effects, Rizzoli, 1992.

Moss, Roger, editor. Paint in America, Preservation Press, 1994.

Nash, George. Restoring Old Houses, Taunton Press, 1998.

Nylander, Richard C. Wallpaper in New England, University Press of New England, 2000.

Phillips, Steven J. Old House Dictionary, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1994.

Weeks, Kay D. & Grimmer, Anne E. The Secretary of Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties, US Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 1995.

Whelehel, Harriet – editor. Caring For Your Historic House, Harry Abrams Inc., 1998.

Wilbur, C. Keith. Homebuilding & Woodwork in Colonial America, The Globe Pequot Press, 1992.

 

Nineteenth Century Newport Architecture and History

Beveridge, Charles E. and Rocheleau, Paul. Frederick Law Olmsted, Designing the American Landscape, Universe Publishing, 1995.

Croffut, William A. The Leisure Class in America, The Vanderbilts and the Story of Their Fortune, Arno Press, 1975.

Downing, Andrew Jackson. The Architecture of Country Houses, Dover Publications, 1969.

Downing, Antoinette F. and Scully, Vincent J. Jr. The Architectural Heritage of Newport, R.I., 1640-1915, Clarkson Potter, 1967, 2nd ed.

Elliott, Maude Howe. This Was My Newport, The Mythology Co., 1944.

Foreman, John and Robbe, Pierce Stimson. The Vanderbilts and the Gilded Age: Architectural Aspirations, 1879-1901, St. Martin’s Press, 1991.

Kathrens, Michael C. The Residential Architecture of Horace Trumbauer, Acanthus Press, 2002.

Roth, Leland. McKim, Mead, and White, Architects, Harper and Row, 1983

Patterson, Jerry. The Vanderbilts, Harry Abrams Inc., 1989.

Scully, Vincent J. Jr.. The Shingle Style and Stick Style, Yale University Press, 1971.

Wharton, Edith and Codman, Ogden. The Decoration of Houses, W.W. Norton & Co., 1978 (reprint edition).

Wilson, Richard Guy, Pilgrim, Diane H., and Murray, Richard N. The American Renaissance, 1876-1917, Pantheon Books, 1979.

Wilson, Richard Guy. McKim, Mead, and White Architects, Rizzoli International, 1983.

Yarnall, James L. Newport Through Its Architecture, Salve Regina University Press, 2005. A look at Newport’s diverse Architecture from the beginning tocurrent day.

 

Newport History [Short sampler list – helpful to contextualizing 18th century architecture]

Crane, Elaine Forman. A Dependent People: Newport, RI in the Revolutionary Era, Fordham University Press, 1992.

James, Sydney V. Colonial Rhode Island, A History, Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1975. A rather detailed history from founding through the Revolutionary War. Newport occupies an import and major place in the book. (out of print)

James, Sydney V. The Colonial Metamorphoses in Rhode Island, University Press of New England, 2000

Jefferys, C.P.B. Newport, A Short History, Newport Historical Society, 1992. Good basic overview of Newport history.

Youngken, Richard. African Americans in Newport, Newport Historical Society, 1998. Good information on the 18th century.

 

HELPFUL WEB SITES

California Paints

National Trust of Historic Preservation

Historic New England

Vernacular Architecture Forum

Preservation Trades Network

Preservation Web

Preservation Resource Group

US Heritage Group

The Association for Preservation Technology International

National Park Service Preservation Services

Heritage Preservation

Abatron – Epoxy wood fillers

Obdyke – Cedar Breather

Chimneys.com

Chimney Sweeps

Thermocrete USA – Chimney Lining

National Chimney Sweeps Guild

Paint.org

Paintinfo.com

Paintquality.com

Old House Web – Old House Maintenance and Repair

Old House Journal Magazine

Traditional Building Magazine

www.alibris.com

www.powells.com

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