Vernacular Architecture in Southern Illinois: The Ethnic Heritage

by Jo Anne Nast, John M. Coggeshall, Professor John M. Coggeshall

Book Overview

Featuring 157 photographs by Randy Tindall with explanatory text, this book preserves both the architectural and cultural heritage of the French, Anglo-Americans, Germans, Poles, Italians, and Slovakians in 16 counties of southern Illinois.

Drawing on interviews as well as empirical research, the authors examine the various ethnic influences on vernacular architecture (everyday structures built without the aid of an architect). To that end...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809314630
• ISBN13: 9780809314638
• Release Date: October 1988
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.5" x 10.0"