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Architecture in Salem – An Illustrated Guide

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Architecture in Salem – An Illustrated Guide offers a comprehensive exploration of Salem, Massachusetts' rich architectural heritage. This new edition, authored by Bryant F. Tolles, Jr., provides an illustrated walking tour of over 350 buildings spanning more than three centuries, from early seventeenth-century constructions through Georgian, Federal, Victorian, modern, and contemporary styles. Organised into eight tour districts with detailed introductions and maps, the guide includes nearly 230 photographed structures, enhanced by colour illustrations, and enriched with a preface by Lynda Roscoe Hartigan and a foreword by Steven C. Mallory.
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The definitive guide to Salem’s architecture, now available in a new edition.

Salem, Massachusetts is home to one of the largest extant collections of historical architecture in the entire nation. In this long-awaited new edition, noted architectural historian Bryant F. Tolles, Jr., presents an illustrated guide and walking tour covering more than three centuries of building styles and types. The book discusses over 350 buildings and complexes, with individual entries and photographs of nearly 230 structures. The material has been arranged according to eight tour districts, each accompanied by an introduction and a map.

A joy for the avid walker and arm-chair enthusiast alike, Architecture in Salem – An Illustrated Guide is an essential guide to the architecture of Salem from the early seventeenth century through the Georgian, Federal, Victorian, modern, and contemporary periods. Updated with new maps, colour illustrations, a preface by Lynda Roscoe Hartigen, executive director and CEO of the Peabody Essex Museum, and a foreword by Steven Mallory, manager of historic structures and landscapes at the Peabody Essex Museum.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781684581825

Publisher: Brandeis University Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 07 September 2023

Country: United States

Imprint: Brandeis University Press

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 5.0mm

Height: 9.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 344

About the Author

Bryant F. Tolles, Jr., is professor emeritus of history at the University of Delaware. He is the author of Resort Hotels of the Adirondacks: The Architecture of a Summer Paradise, 1850–1950, Summer Cottages in the White Mountains: The Architecture of Leisure and Recreation, 1870 to 1930, The Grand Resort Hotels of the White Mountains: A Vanishing Architectural Legacy, and New Hampshire Architecture: An Illustrated Guide.

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