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The Architectural Legacy of Wallace A. Rayfield: Pioneer Black Architect of Birmingham, Alabama
Allen R. Durough
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Description for The Architectural Legacy of Wallace A. Rayfield: Pioneer Black Architect of Birmingham, Alabama
Hardcover. Num Pages: 176 pages, 159 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
In the early 1990s, while cleaning out the barn on his property in Bessemer, Alabama, Allen Durough discovered the remnants of the lifework of African American architect Wallace A. Rayfield, including several hundred of Rayfield’s drawings, floor plans, business advertisements, family portraits, and graphic art pieces. This book gathers that priceless material legacy into a cohesive whole, reproducing 159 illustrations that document Rayfield’s life and work on two continents. Born in Macon, Georgia, in 1873, Rayfield apprenticed as a young man with the noted architectural firm A. B. Mullet and Company in Washington, DC, before attending Howard University, Pratt Polytechnic ... Read more
In the early 1990s, while cleaning out the barn on his property in Bessemer, Alabama, Allen Durough discovered the remnants of the lifework of African American architect Wallace A. Rayfield, including several hundred of Rayfield’s drawings, floor plans, business advertisements, family portraits, and graphic art pieces. This book gathers that priceless material legacy into a cohesive whole, reproducing 159 illustrations that document Rayfield’s life and work on two continents. Born in Macon, Georgia, in 1873, Rayfield apprenticed as a young man with the noted architectural firm A. B. Mullet and Company in Washington, DC, before attending Howard University, Pratt Polytechnic ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University Alabama Press
Condition
New
Place of Publication
Alabama, United States
ISBN
9780817316839
SKU
V9780817316839
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