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Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date
17109The Evolution of Colonial Architecture
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Architecture
  • Other, Colonies
  • Mullins, Lisa, ed.
  • The National Historical Society
  • 1987
16546The Country Builder's Assistant...
  • Document, Pamphlet
  • Other, Architects
  • Other, Architecture
  • Other, Carpentry
  • Benjamin, Asher
  • 1992
Description:
...Containing a collection of new designs of carpentry and architecture which will be particularly useful to country workmen in general. Originally published in 1797
16435Beatrix: The Gardening Life of Beatrix Jones Farrand, 1872 - 1959.
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Architecture
  • Other, Biography
  • Other, Landscaping plans
  • Brown, Jane
  • Viking
  • 1995
Description:
Beatrix: The Gardening Life of Beatrix Jones Farrand, 1872 - 1959.
16423Victorian House Coloring Book
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Architecture
  • Helberg, Kristin
  • Dover Publications
  • 1980
Description:
Black and white drawings of rooms in Victorian house, with descriptions. Could be reproduced for coloring.
16424Victorian Exterior Decoration: How To Paint your Nineteenth Century American House Historically
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Architecture
  • Other, Houses
  • Other, Painting
  • Moss, Roger W. and Gail Caskey Winkler
  • Henry Holt & Co.
  • 1992
14702A set of digital images of the architectural drawings of R.A. Thorndike House (Robert Patterson), Bar Harbor, Maine
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
  • Other, Architects
  • Other, Architectural & site components
  • Other, Architectural elements
  • Other, Architecture
  • 2009
Description:
A set of 21 TIF photos of the architectural drawings of the R. Amory Thorndike home in Bar Harbor. These photos were made by the Thorndike family during the renovation and restoration of the home that started in 2009. The architect, Scott Koniecko, and Genie Thorndike arranged for this to be made and donated the images to the Historical Society. All images are attached to this record. CD of the image files is located with the hard copy paper Thorndike plans. See location in this record. [show more]
13887The Home of Washington:
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Architecture
  • Other, Presidents
  • Other, United States
  • Lossing, Benson J.
  • Virtue and Yorston
  • 1871.
Description:
History and description of Mount Vernon. Inventory Julia A. Lord Mt. Desert, Maine written on 2nd page
13744Artistic Furniture and Architectural Interiors, Decorations, etc. During the Last Two and a Half Centuries By the Most Eminent Artists of that Period
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Architecture
  • Other, Interior Design
  • Other, Savage, Fred L.
  • George H. Polley and Co.
  • 1892
13105Eighteenth Century Architectural Ornamentation Furniture and Decoration
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Architecture
  • Other, Interior Design
  • Other, Savage, Fred L.
  • Pergolesi
  • George H. Polley and Co.
Description:
Eighteenth Century Architectural Ornamentation Furniture and Decoration
13104Artistic Furniture and Architechtural Interiors Decorations Ect.
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Architecture
  • Other, Interior Design
  • Other, Savage, Fred L.
  • Polley, Geo. H.
  • George H. Polley and Co.
12958Maine Cottages: Fred L. Savage and the Architecture of Mount Desert
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Architects
  • Other, Architectural drawings
  • Other, Architecture
  • Other, Mount Desert Island
  • Bryan, John M.
  • Princeton Architectural Press
  • 2005
Description:
In the words of the introduction, written by Robert R. Pyle, this book "preserves the memories relevant to understanding the roots of communities on Mount Desert Island." It includes sections on Savage's ancestors and the history artists, tourism, and recreation on the island; his education and training and photographs and descriptions of buildings designed by him in Northeast Harbor, Islesboro, and Bar Harbor.
12940Identifying American Architecture: A Pictorial Guide to Styles and Terms, 1600-1945
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Architecture
  • Blumenson, John J.-G.
  • Altamira Press
  • 1995
Description:
Covers styles with minimal text and black and white photographs. Styles include: Spanish Colonial, Mission, Pueblo, Spanish Colonial Revival, New England Colonial, Southern Colonial. French Colonial, Dutch Colonial, Georgian, Federal, Roman Classicism, Colonial Revival, Greek Revival, Egyptian Revival, Gothic Revival, Victorian Gothic, Italian Villa, Italianate, Renaissance Revival, Second Renaissance Revival, Romanesque Revival, Victorian Romanesque, Richardsonian Romanesque, Octagon, Chateau, Second Empire Easter Stick, Western Stick, Eastlake, Shingle, Queen Anne, Sullivanesque, Beaux-Arts Clasicism, New-Classicism, Bungalow, Prairie, International, Art Deco, Art Moderne [show more]
12924A Building History of Northern New England
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Architecture
  • Other, Buildings
  • Other, New England
  • Garvin, James L.
  • University Press of New England
  • 2001
Description:
Guide to understanding old buildings, written especially for home-owners in northern New England. Discusses evolution of building technology from log buildings through framed houses, evolution of style, and evolution of key features.
12923John Calvin Stevens: Domestic Architecture 1890-1930
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Architecture
  • Other, Stevens, John Calvin
  • Stevens, John Calvin II and Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr.
  • Greater Portland Landmarks
  • 1990
Description:
A survey of architect Stevens's four decades of design taken from his photographs in albums, a change from the earlier line drawings. The primary photographer was Thomas Ellison. An introductory biographical essay was written by grandson John Calvin Stevens II.
12922A Delight to All Who Knew It: The Maine Summer Architecture of William R. Emerson
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Architecture
  • Other, Emerson, William R.
  • Reed, Roger G.
  • Maine Citizens for Historic Preservation
  • 1995
Description:
The author is an architectural historian and has gathered information about the architects and builders of hotels and cottages, along with their clients, beginning in the late 19th century and continuing to today. This work focuses on the work of William R. Emerson.
12921Houses and Homes: Exploring Their History
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Architecture
  • Howe, Barbara J., et al
  • AltaMira Press
  • 1997
Description:
How and why to explore an house's history using the setting, written records, oral and visual sources, and the home itself as resources. Also discusses the American dream of owning a home, construction techniques and materials, and more.
12877Windows on the Past: Four Centuries of New England Homes
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Architecture
  • Other, Houses
  • Other, New England
  • Nylander, Jane C.
  • Little Brown
12876References to Fred L. Savage in The Industrial Journal, Bangor, Maine 1880-1920
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Architects
  • Other, Architecture
  • Other, Savage, Fred L.
12546A Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Maine
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Architects
  • Other, Architecture
  • Other, Maine
  • Maine Historic Preservation Commission
Description:
Series of pamphlets, one for each named architect, inserted into red folder. Architects: Parris, Alexander Peabody and Stearns Romer, Colonel Wolfgang William Kent, Rockwell Chamberlain, Calvin Kimball, John Jr. Keely, Patrick C. Kilham, Hopkins & Greeley Lawrence, Ellis F. Longfellow, William Pitt Preble Rand, James H. Stanley, Freeman A. Wheelwright, Edmund M. Harrison, Wallace K. Dunton, Ebenezer Lord, Thomas M. Mullett Alfred B. Bassford, Asher B. Grain, Peter Sr. Also contains a Preliminary Historical Checklist of Landscape Architects in Maine by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. [show more]
11537Fred Savage's Desk
  • Object, Furnishings, Desk
  • Other, Architects' offices
  • Other, Architecture
  • Other, Desks
Description:
Large desk/drafting table that belonged to Fred L. Savage
7569Houses on tree lined street
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Roll Film Negative
  • Other, Architecture
  • Other, buildings
  • LaRue Spiker
Description:
Houses on tree lined street. Picket fence in foreground. Location unknown.
6247Doorway to the building
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Roll Film Negative
  • Other, Architecture
  • LaRue Spiker
Description:
Doorway to the building in # 998-862-2067
6234Large brick house with turret
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Roll Film Negative
  • Other, Architecture
  • Other, buildings
  • LaRue Spiker
Description:
Copy of photo. Large brick house at least three stories with tower on the left. One chimney visible. Two dormers visible. Set on rocky slope in trees.
6231Houses on tree lined street
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Roll Film Negative
  • Other, Architecture
  • Other, buildings
  • LaRue Spiker
Description:
Houses on tree lined street. Picket fence in foreground. Location unknown.
6229Houses on tree lined street
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Roll Film Negative
  • Other, Architecture
  • Other, buildings
  • LaRue Spiker
Description:
Houses on tree lined street. Picket fence in foreground. Location unknown.