[Rarebooks] FS: Stone Houses of Pennsylvania

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

TITLE: “Stone Houses. Traditional Homes of Pennsylvania’s Bucks County and
Brandywine Valley”

By Margaret Bye Richie, John D. Milner & Gregory D. Huber.
Published in New York by Rizzoli in 2005.

DISCUSSION: “Stone Houses: Traditional Homes of Pennsylvania’s Bucks
County and Brandywine Valley is a unique presentation of beloved building
traditions in one of the most charming and historically significant
regions in the nation. Houses, barns, and outbuildings dating from the
colonial and Federal periods, built with local stone predominantly in an
English Cotswold vernacular style, represent a form that has become
popular across the nation. Geoffrey Gross’s stunning photographs document
a remarkable collection of early buildings, including the John Chad House
(circa 1720), Peter Wentz Farmstead (circa 1758), and Buckingham Friends
Meeting House (1768), as well as more recent designs, in part inspired by
such traditional homes, by architects R. Brognard Okie, G. Edwin
Brumbaugh, and John D. Milner. Part of the original Pennsylvania Colony
founded in March of 1681 by William Penn, the region encompassing Bucks
County and the Brandywine Valley is important not only for its history as
an early English settlement in the New World, but also for its role as a
crucial site in the struggle for American independence. The evidence for
this is obvious in the story of its houses. Some notable examples include
the Thompson-Neely House at Washington Crossing, in which, it is said,
Washington’s officers were billeted during the famous night of his
crossing of the Delaware, and Pennsbury Manor, the reconstructed home of
William Penn. With its authoritative text and exquisite full-color
photography, Stone Houses is a beautiful record of a historically rich
regional building tradition”.

DESCRIPTION: Hardcover. 8.5”x11”, 224 pages, color illustrations, dust
jacket.

CONDITION NOTES: Minor wear, but otherwise clean and nice, with a tight
binding.

PRICE $450. -

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