[MassHistPres] Massachusetts Architecture

[Heli Meltsner]

Other good books include

Susan and Michael Southworth, AIA Guide to Boston

Donlyn Lyndon, Boston: the City Observed - A Guide to the  
Architecture of the Hub

Boston Society of Architects, Architecture Boston

Robert Retig, Guide to Cambridge Architecture

Roger Reed and Greer Hardwicke, Carriage House to Auto House: A Guide  
to Brookline's Transportation Buildings

Bonnie Parsons, Barns in the Highland Communities, download the PDF  
at http://hci.thetrustees.org/pages/1606_hci_publications.cfm

Joseph Wood with Michael Steinitz, The New England Village (not only  
Mass. but covers the development of towns in the cultural landscape)

Heli Meltsner


On Jun 12, 2009, at 3:09 PM, jade wrote:

> i am not in posession of a comprehensive list, but here are a few  
> that i have on my bookshelves;
>
> beyond the neck the architecture and development of somerville,  
> massachusetts; prepared for somerville by landscape research, st  
> paul, mn
>
> survey of architectural history in cambridge, cambridgeport;  
> cambridge historical commission
>
> built in boston, city and suburb, 1800--1950;  douglass shand-tucci
>
> cape cod architecture: clair baisly
>
> the framed houses of massachusetts bay, 1625--1725;  abbott lowell  
> cummings
>
> colonial architecture of cape cod, nantucket & martha's vinyard;  
> alfred easton poor
>
>
> jade mortimer
> heartwood window restoration
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Gretchen Schuler
> To: mpl at FieldstoneHistoricResearch.com
> Cc: masshistpres at cs.umb.edu
> Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 2:23 PM
> Subject: Re: [MassHistPres] Massachusetts Architecture
>
> Not sure if these are available only to members - but if you are a  
> member of Preservation Massachusetts (www.preservationmass.org) or  
> even if not (perhaps you will want to join) you may be able to find  
> the   reading lists - bibliographies - that are handed out at the  
> Historic District-Historical Commission (HDHC) Committee training  
> workshops - Preservation 101 - basic preservation planning,  
> Preservation 201 - Survey (geared to MA), Preservation 302 -  
> National Register.  I guess I would contact PM to find out - or  
> perhaps learn about future workshops.......
>
> Good luck, there are volumes!
>
> Gretchen Schuler
> Wayland Historic District Commission and HDHC member
>
>
> Jun 12, 2009 04:13:13 PM, mpl at FieldstoneHistoricResearch.com wrote:
> Lately I have been reading some architectural books such as:
>
> Gaining Ground by Nancy S. Seasholes
> Antique Houses of Gloucester by Prudence Paine Fish
> East Cambridge (Survey of architectural history in Cambridge) by  
> Susan E.
> Maycock
>
> I am wondering if anyone knows of a comprehensive list of books  
> that deals
> specifically with Massachusetts architecture. If so, could you  
> point me in
> that direction? I would like to read more about the historical  
> architecture
> of our state.
>
> Thank you!
>
> Marian Pierre-Louis
> Medway Historical Commission
>
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