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Ideal for the history buffs, amateur and professional architects, and residents or vacationers out for a drive - any time of year - <i>Historic Coastal New England</i>is an indispensable guide to New England's vibrant past. Much more than a mere listing of structures, this guidebook provides an overview of the region's history, a primer on it's architectural styles, and glimpses into the lives of the people who built and inhabited its homes. As for the structures themselves, within these pages are profiled everything from the humble to the opulent: <ul> <li>the <i>Jackson House</i> in Portsmouth, New Hampshire - the oldest (c.1664) house in the state and a rare survivor of First Period architecture;</li> <li><i>The Denison Homestead</i> in Mystic, Connecticut, built in 1717 and occupied by eleven generations of the same family, each room now restored to a different time period; and</li> <li><i>Linden Place</i> in Bristol, Rhode Island, a Federal mansion ( and a filming location for <i>The Great Gatsby</i>) with Corinthian columns and an immense chandelier from Buckingham Palace.</li> </ul> <p>This perspective guide to the historic homes of New England's coast presents hundreds of

Author

Clayton, Barbara, 1931-

Publisher

Globe Pequot Press, c1995.

Published

1995

Language

EN

ISBN

9781564406507

Subjects

Travel, History, Humanities