Baltimore's Cast-Iron Buildings & Architectural Ironwork

by James D. Dilts

Book Overview

Baltimore was an innovator in the development of cast-iron architecture, but the city's heritage of buildings in this genre, once numbering more than a hundred, has dwindled to only a handful today.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870334271
• ISBN13: 9780870334276
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
• Length: 116 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.4" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

Essays on Baltimore's unique architectural heritage

In Baltimore's Cast-Iron Buildings & Architectural Ironwork, James Dilts and Catherine Black effectively collaborate to present a collection of knowledgeable essays on Baltimore's unique architectural heritage. These commentaries include J. Scott Howell's The Founder's Art; David G. Wright's The Sun Iron Building; Phoebe B. Stanton's The Peabody Library; and Robert L. Alexander's Architectural Ironwork. Highly recommended for personal, professional, and academic architectural studies collections, Baltimore's Cast-Iron Buildings & Architectural Ironwork is further enhanced for architectural students with a directory of buildings, ironwork catalogs, bibliography, and an index.