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Farm House: College Farm to University Museum (Bur Oak Books) by Mary E. Atherly; forewords by Gregory L. Geoffroy and Lynette Pohlman; architectural history essay by Wesley Shank is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Farm House: College Farm to University Museum (Bur Oak Books) about?

Now available for the first time in paperback, Farm House tells the story of the first structure built on the Iowa State University campus. Mary Atherly provides a comprehensive history of the Farm House from its founding days to its role as the center of activity for the new college to its second life as a welcoming museum visited by thousands each year. This second edition includes a discussion of the archaeological dig of 1991, which carefully excavated the area under the Farm House, and thoroughly documents the extensive renovation and reconstruction of the exterior of the house during the 1990s. New photographs add to the first edition's rich array of images and a foreword by Gregory Geoffroy, ISU's president since 2001, adds to its historical content. The history of Iowa's only land-grant university and its impressive cultural and educational impact on the state and the nation as it evolved from model farm to college to modern multipurpose university is inseparable from the history of the Farm House.

Author

Mary E. Atherly; forewords by Gregory L. Geoffroy and Lynette Pohlman; architectural history essay by Wesley Shank

Publisher

Iowa City: University of Iowa Press

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9781587298875

Subjects

Architecture, History, Education