Normal view MARC view ISBD view

Baltimore's cast-iron buildings and architectural ironwork /

Contributor(s):

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0870334271
9780870334276

Subject(s): DDC classification:

721/.0447141/09752609034 20

LOC classification:

NA735.B3 B35 1991

Contents:

Introduction / by James D. Dilts -- The founder's art / by J. Scott Howell -- The Sun Iron Building / by David G. Wright -- The Peabody Library / by Phoebe B. Stanton -- Architectural ironwork / by Robert L. Alexander.

Summary: The Baltimore Region has had a long tradition in iron production, beginning with the colonial era, and continuing through the 1950s as Sparrows Point became the single largest steel complex in the the world. Baltimore's Cast-Iron Buildings provides the first integrated treatment of this facet of the Industrial Revolution in Baltimore. Joining a small number of similar volumes from Richmond, New York, and Portland, Oregon, it fills a gap in Baltimore's industrial architectural history. Prefabrication, mass production, standard components-all were employed in nineteenth-century Baltimore's cast-iron architecture and ornament. The remaining treasures of that period have a great deal to teach us about Victorian tastes and the evolution of American building technology.

List(s) this item appears in: Richardson Collection

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Reference	Carleton University, AVRC	Richardson Collection - Non CIrculating - Call No. Accompanied by Red Dot	Open-stacks	NA735.B3 B35 1991 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not for loan		16055001131

Welcome to the

AVRC Library Catalogue

Baltimore's cast-iron buildings and architectural ironwork /