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Boathouses
E. Ashley Rooney
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Description for Boathouses
Num Pages: 157 pages, 260 color photos. BIC Classification: AMK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 226 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1152.
260 beautiful color photographs capture the beauty and charm of historic and recently designed boathouses at private residences, rowing clubs, preparatory schools, and colleges. Together they provide an historical appreciation and architectural inspiration of this classic building form. In the United States, boathouses belonged with straw hats, parasols, and lovely picnic lunches as part of the Gilded Age, when some people had the wherewithal to build housing for their boats and time to enjoy the rivers and lakes. Many of the boathouses shown are unique, using local resources and materials in their construction. For vacationers in rural New ... Read more
260 beautiful color photographs capture the beauty and charm of historic and recently designed boathouses at private residences, rowing clubs, preparatory schools, and colleges. Together they provide an historical appreciation and architectural inspiration of this classic building form. In the United States, boathouses belonged with straw hats, parasols, and lovely picnic lunches as part of the Gilded Age, when some people had the wherewithal to build housing for their boats and time to enjoy the rivers and lakes. Many of the boathouses shown are unique, using local resources and materials in their construction. For vacationers in rural New ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
157
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764331909
SKU
V9780764331909
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-2
About E. Ashley Rooney
Ashley Rooney has written extensively about American architecture and other subjects. She lives in Massachusetts.
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