Stone houses traditional homes of Pennsylvania's Bucks County and Brandywine Valley
| Main Author: | Richie, Margaret Bye. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Rizzoli,
2005.
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| Physical Description: |
208 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. |
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| ISBN: |
0847826872 (hbk.) |
| Author Notes: |
Margaret Bye Richie is an architecture historian, lecturer, and active preservationist. She is the author of Victorian Sketchbook and for two years wrote the column "Restoration Primer" for Panorama Magazine . Dr. Richie, of the eleventh generation of the Bye family in Bucks County, lived in "Old Congress" at Byecroft Farm (p. 68), the family seat since the early 1700s. Gregory D. Huber is president and owner of Past Perspectives--a historic resources company specializing in House Histories of the Northeast. An architecture historian, Mr. Huber is co-author of the second edition of New World Dutch Barn: The Evolution, Forms, and Structure of a Disappearing Icon and has written more than sixty articles on vernacular houses and barns of the eastern United States. John D. Milner is an architect practicing in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, and lives in the Abiah Taylor House (p. 206). His firm specializes in the restoration of historic buildings and the design of new houses that are inspired by the architectural traditions of the past. He has a particular passion for the vernacular architecture of the Delaware Valley. Mr. Milner is also an Adjunct Professor of Architecture in the University of Pennsylvania's School of Design. |