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The Sandstone Architecture of the Lake Superior Region (Hardcover): Kathryn Bishop Eckert

The Sandstone Architecture of the Lake Superior Region (Hardcover)

Kathryn Bishop Eckert

Series: Great Lakes Books Series

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From 1870 to 1910 the prosperity of the copper and iron mining, lumbering, and shipping industries of the Lake Superior region created a demand for more substantial buildings. In satisfying this demand, architects, builders, sad clients preferred local red sandstone. They found this stone beautiful, colorful, carvable, durable, and fireproof. Because it was extracted easily in large blocks and shipped cheaply by water, it was economical. The red sandstone city halls, county courthouses, churches, schools, libraries, banks, commercial blocks, and houses give the Lake Superior region a distinct identity.

Kathryn Bishop Eckert studies this region as a built environment and examines the efforts of architects and builders to use local red sandstone. Eckert stresses the importance of the budding materials as she explores the architectural history of a region whose builders wanted to reflect the local landscape.

Architectural historians, cultural geographers, geologists, and historic preservationists will be interested in this book that illuminates the history behind sandstone architecture.

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Imprint:	Wayne State University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Great Lakes Books Series
Release date:	July 2000
First published:	May 2000
Authors:	Kathryn Bishop Eckert
Dimensions:	254 x 178 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	368
ISBN-13:	978-0-8143-2807-1
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Architecture > Architectural structure & design Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Area / regional studies > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Promotions
LSN:	0-8143-2807-5
Barcode:	9780814328071