Description
Book SynopsisThis book expands coverage of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and completes the twentieth century. It takes a comprehensive historical overview of the social and economic forces that allowed the architects of Baltimore to produce some of the best buildings in America.
Trade ReviewThe definitive inventory and guide to the architectural history of one of the premiere old cities of the United States... Any long-established Baltimorean should treasure this volume for its celebration of tradition and innovation. Newly arrived Baltimoreans could find no finer guide to what the place looks like and how it came to be this way-and why. -- Michael Pakenham Baltimore Sun 2004 A handsome 400-pager chronicles the social, political, and economic development of Baltimore along with the architecture. -- Tom Chalkley City Paper Everything you always wanted to know about the notable architecture of the city of Baltimore is contained in this single volume 'of forgotten lore,' to paraphrase the Baltimorean Edgar Allen Poe. This book has been lovingly produced by Johns Hopkins University Press. Choice 2005 Over 600 stunning black and white photos, drawings, paintings, and illustrated floor plans that capture the evolution of Baltimore. -- Kristin Shinham Chesapeake Home Magazine 2005
Table of ContentsForeword
Introduction
Chapter 1. Georgian Baltimore, 1752–1790
Chapter 2. General Designs, Town and Country, 1789–1819
Chapter 3. Monumental Baltimore, 1806–1831
Chapter 4. The Reign of the Romantics, 1829–1878
Chapter 5. Industrial Designs, 1840–1917
Chapter 6. Eclectic City, 1865–1904
Chapter 7. Modernisms, Modernists, and Modernity, 1904–1955
Chapter 8. Building a Renaissance, 1955–2000
Gallery
Notes
Glossary
Acknowledgements
Index
