Preserving the Old Dominion: Historic Preservation and Virginia Traditionalism

by James M. Lindgren

In 1889 tradition-minded women, including many from Virginia's most prominent families, formed the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (APVA), the first state preservation organization in the United States. In Preserving the Old Dominion cultural historian James Lindgren shows how the preservation movement strove to rebuild a revered past upon the foundations of its historical structures. The APVA's siginificance lies not only...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813914507
• ISBN13: 9780813914503
• Release Date: July 1993
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 1.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.3"