
Edward Shaw of Boston
Antebellum Architect and Author -- an Introduction, Transactions, American Philosophical Society (Vol. 106, Part 2)
James F. O'Gorman(Author)
American Philosophical Society Press
Published on 1. January 2016
Book
Hardback
172 pages
978-1-60618-062-4 (ISBN)
Description
This is the first in-depth study of the career of an important antebellum American architect and author. It is a contribution to the history of architecture and the history of the book. In the quarter century after 1830, Edward Shaw designed dozens of town houses in Boston, including the landmark Adam Wallace Thaxer, Jr. house on Beacon Hill (1836). Shaw also published five influential books on architecture and structural materials, one of them reprinted in several editions to 1900. Research in Boston archives has unearthed building records and drawings for unbuilt Shaw designs. Also describes the design and contents of Shaw's published works, and traces their distribution across the country, from Maine to Oregon. Illus.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
522 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-60618-062-4 (9781606180624)
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James F. O'Gorman