The Architecture of Charles Bulfinch: Enlarged Edition

by Harold Kirker

Charles Bulfinch (1763-1844), son of a wealthy Boston family, exerted a wide influence on architecture in New England, where his version of the Adam style bacame characteristic of the early Republican period. As architect and Boston selectman, he was responsible for the great development of Old Boston. Later he was appointed for the final stages of the Capitol in Washington. In this fully illustrated record of commissions, Harold Kirker sets forth...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 067404391X
• ISBN13: 9780674043916
• Release Date: February 1998
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 398 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 9.2" x 7.0"