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Building Victorian Boston: The Architecture of Gridley J.F. Bryant
Roger G. Reed
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Hardcover. Much of Boston's heritage of Victorian buildings dates from the mid-nineteenth century when Gridley James Fox Bryant (1816-1899) dominated the profession of architecture in the city. This work focuses on representative projects by Bryant, that illuminate the trajectory of his career and creates a portrait of the profession of architecture. Num Pages: 256 pages, 72 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JH; AMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 699.
Much of Boston's rich heritage of Victorian buildings dates from the mid-nineteenth century when Gridley James Fox Bryant (1816-1899) dominated the profession of architecture in the city. At that time, Boston was undergoing a transformation from a quaint post-colonial town to a rapidly expanding Victorian metropolis. Bryant led this transformation, providing an important link between the earlier architecture of Charles Bulfinch and Alexander Parris and the later work of such practitioners as H. H. Richardson and Peabody & Stearns. In ""Building Victorian Boston"", Roger Reed focuses on representative projects by Bryant, presenting them in a chronological narrative that both illuminates ... Read more
Much of Boston's rich heritage of Victorian buildings dates from the mid-nineteenth century when Gridley James Fox Bryant (1816-1899) dominated the profession of architecture in the city. At that time, Boston was undergoing a transformation from a quaint post-colonial town to a rapidly expanding Victorian metropolis. Bryant led this transformation, providing an important link between the earlier architecture of Charles Bulfinch and Alexander Parris and the later work of such practitioners as H. H. Richardson and Peabody & Stearns. In ""Building Victorian Boston"", Roger Reed focuses on representative projects by Bryant, presenting them in a chronological narrative that both illuminates ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Massachusetts, United States
ISBN
9781558495555
SKU
V9781558495555
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Ref
99-15
About Roger G. Reed
ROGER REED is a preservation planner in Brookline, Massachusetts. While working as an architectural historian for the Maine Historic Planning Commission, he wrote two books, A Delight to All Who Know It: The Architecture of William R. Emerson of Maine and Summerings on the Thoroughfare: The Architecture of North Haven.
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