Roderic H. Blackburn is an ethnologist and architectural historian. He is author of Rizzoli’s Dutch Colonial Homes in America, among others. Geoffrey Gross is the photographer of Rizzoli’s Great Houses of New England, Stone Houses, and Dutch Colonial Homes in America.
Old Homes of New England paints a stunning portrait of the charming and important old homes of the region, featuring storybook cottages in white clapboard as well ancient mansions in brick and stone. Cherished for its intimate, community-centered spirit, New England lays claim to some of the most wonderful architecture of the country—and, significantly, its buildings are among the nation’s very oldest. Featured here are twenty-five of the most beautiful examples, ranging from the storied House of the Seven Gables of 1668, in its magnificent colonial splendor, to the Corwin House of 1675, nicknamed the "Witch House" for its direct association to the infamous Salem witch trials, to the bucolic Cogswell farmhouse of 1728. Each house exemplifies its style, which range from early colonial Pilgrim, Puritan, and Shaker, to later Georgian, Federal, and Greek Revival. With richly crafted interiors formed from old woods, fine plasterwork, thoughtfully set beams, brick, and stonework, the houses return us to a more gracious time when the simple pleasures of staying at home were paramount, a time to which many of us, even now, long to return.
"You’ll love the latest release from book publisher, Rizzoli… Old Homes of New England: Historic Houses in Clapboard, Shingle and Stone is quite simply one of the best written, most beautifully photographed books ever published on the subject." ~This Old House
Publisher: Rizzoli
Distributor: Random House, Inc.
Publication Date: 04-13-2010
Pages: 256
Measurements: 11.16in X 9.65in X 1.11in X 3.74lb
