The Architecture of Grosvenor Atterbury

by Anne Walker and Peter Pennoyer

Book Overview

In the final decade of the nineteenth century and the early twentieth century, the United States experienced exponential growth and a flourishing economy, and with it, a building boom. Grosvenor Atterbury (1869-1956) produced more than one hundred major projects, including an array of grand mansions, picturesque estates, informal summer cottages, and farm groups. However, it was his role as town planner and civic leader and his work to create model...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393732223
• ISBN13: 9780393732221
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 3.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 9.3" x 12.1"