Classic Cracker: Florida's Wood-Frame Architecture

by Ronald W. Haase

Book Overview

Winner of the 1993 LoPresti Award for excellence in art publishing

Cracker homes take the best advantage of the climate and terrain of Florida. This book provides a history of Florida wood-frame architecture, from the simplest "single-pen" homesteads to the latest homes at Seaside, and includes several floor plans for new adaptations of classic Cracker architecture. Learn about the double-pen house, the classic dogtrot, the four-square Georgian,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 156164014X
• ISBN13: 9781561640140
• Release Date: September 1992
• Publisher: Pineapple Press
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.3" x 11.2"

Customer Reviews

Getting Started

Very informative and historical pictorial of the classic cracker home. The different floor plans and pictures of "still standing" structures in Florida are all part of our heritage and I find that very exciting.

Outstanding presentation of a special type of house.

A complete and thorough description of a type of architecture and therefore the culture. This book was meaningful to me because of my southern heritage and I live in a cracker house. I didn't know it was a cracker house until I read the book. The author is fun and easy to read and the information is great.

Excellent summary of one of Florida vernaculars

Brief, but very informative, well documented and organized summary of a neglected (and marginal) theme in architectural history.

Excellent guide to vernacular architecture

A well-designed and thorough examination of Southern vernacular architecture. With its concetration on Florida 'Cracker' design, Haase discusses the unique limitations of the Florida climate and the adaptations made to regional styles. His clearly labelled diagrams and enthusiasm for the subject bring a welcome light to architecture that is too often overshadowed by the flamboyant designs of Addison Mizner and other South Florida styles.