A guide to the historic architecture of eastern North Carolina

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This book is exactly what its title suggests: It's a survey of HISTORIC architecture in eastern North Carolina, one of the richest concentrations of colonial, federal, and early Romantic architecture in the by: 4. A project of the North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office of the Division of Archives and History, the book reflects more than twenty-five years of fieldwork and research in the agency's statewide architectural survey and National Register of Historic Places programs.

Two future volumes will cover western and piedmont North Carolina. The three-volume guide to the historic architecture of North Carolina may top the list of guide books. These three books provide what is surely the most comprehensive, historically and culturally informative, and easy-to-use set of guides to any state in the nation.—.

: The University of North Carolina Press. This guide to the historic architecture of Eastern North Carolina, is organized by counties, which are grouped geographically. It highlights key architectural features and trends, and relates.

buildings to the local and regional histories they represent. A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Eastern North Carolina By Catherine W. Bishir and Michael T. Southern University of North Carolina Press, pp.

Cloth $; paper, $ A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Western North Carolina By Catherine W. Bishir, Michael T. Southern, and Jennifer F. Martin University of North Carolina. A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Eastern North Carolina by Catherine W.

Bishir Call Number: NA N8 B49 A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Piedmont North Carolina by Catherine W. Bishir. Get online Read A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Eastern North Carolina (Richard Hampton Jenrette ad Best Book Read A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Eastern North Carolina (Richard Hampton Jenrette, Download Online Read A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Eastern North Carolina (Richard Hampton Jenrette Book.

A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Eastern North Carolina. Catherine W. Bishir and Michael T. Southern. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, The first of a three-volume field guide to the state's historic architecture, covering 41 tidewater and coastal plain counties from the.

From to she served in various capacities in the Survey and Planning Branch of the State Historic Preservation Office. She is coauthor of the three regional volumes of A Guide to the Historic Architecture of North Carolina.

Tim Buchman is an architectural and fine arts photographer living in Charlotte, North Carolina. "This book, a guide to historic architecture in Western North Carolina, is the second in a three-volume series that includes a volume on Eastern North Carolina () and a forthcoming [now published] volume on Piedmont North Carolina.

Southern with Catherine W. Bishir previously collaborated on A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Western North Carolina (with Jennifer F. Martin) and the award-winning Guide to the Historic Architecture of Eastern North Carolina.

For more information about Michael T. Southern, visit the Author Page. Bishir and Michael T. Southern previously collaborated on A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Western North Carolina (with Jennifer F.

Martin) and the award-winning Guide to the Historic. A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Eastern North Carolina By Catherine W. Bishir, et al. Published: The University of North Carolina Press, Seller Rating: % positive. Michael Southern is research historian and, with Catherine Bishir, coauthor of A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Eastern North Carolina.

He is affiliated with the North Carolina Historic Preservation Office and was formerly a preservation specialist with the Western Office of Archives and History in Asheville. June 1, This book is exactly what its title suggests: It's a survey of HISTORIC architecture in eastern North Carolina, one of the richest concentrations of colonial, federal, and early Romantic architecture in.

In addition, several major books by HPO staff have grown out of the statewide survey, including North Carolina Architecture (), A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Eastern North Carolina (), A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Western North Carolina (), and A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Piedmont North Carolina ().

A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Eastern North Carolina (Richard Hampton Jenrette Architecture and the Decorative Arts) by Catherine W. Bishir Write a review5/5.

Bishir and Southern previously collaborated on A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Western North Carolina (with Jennifer F. Martin) and the award-winning Guide to the Historic Architecture of Eastern North Carolina.

Michael T. Southern is a research historian with the North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office/5(7). Catherine W. Bishir, North Carolina Architecture (). Catherine W. Bishir and Michael T. Southern, A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Eastern North Carolina ().

Catherine W. Bishir, The Bellamy Mansion, Wilmington North Carolina: An Antebellum Architectural Treasure and Its People (). Tony P. Wrenn, Wilmington, North Carolina: An Architectural and Historical Portrait (). The author includes an introductory essay about the development of architecture throughout the region, and then tears loose on the catalog of buildings; a wonderland of dates, styles, functions and locations.

This book, along with its companion volumes for eastern and western North Carolina, does justice to a beautiful state, rich in historic sites.

Catherine W. Bishir, North Carolina Architecture (). Catherine W. Bishir and Michael T. Southern, A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Eastern North Carolina (). Gertrude S. Carraway, Crown of Life: History of Christ Church, New Bern, N. C., ().

Craven County Records, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina.The Historic Structures of a Rural North Carolina County. Based on architectural surveys between and The book through more that photographs, traces the history of architecture in the county from until Hardcover, pages, index and glossary with illustrations: $Catherine W.

Bishir, North Carolina Architecture (). Catherine W. Bishir and Michael T. Southern, A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Eastern North Carolina ().

Peter B. Sandbeck, The Historic Architecture of New Bern and Craven County, North Carolina ().