Toledo: A History in Architecture, 1890-1914

by William D. Speck

Book Overview

In half a century Toledo was transformed from a fever-ridden swamp into a prosperous town with all the amenities of a major Midwestern city. The 1890s signaled the beginning of Toledo's greatest architectural era, with new-fangled skyscrapers being constructed up and down Madison Avenue (without any power tools), grand theaters, a new luxury hotel, and the most lavish mansions in the Old West End. New inventions gave Toledoans more time to visit Walbridge...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738519782
• ISBN13: 9780738519784
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.2" x 8.7"