Historic Style Guide ::

As the many readers of Antique Homes Magazine attest, the great historical legacy of New England’s domestic architecture is being appreciated by more and more owners, buyers and tourists every year.

This Style Guide Series is posted for your reference and includes a bibliography of reliable style books.The series was written by our editor Nick Langhart, who has taught American architectural history for ten years in central New England colleges –and in New York State previously. He holds an MA in historic preservation from Cornell University.

Printed bound copies of the Antique Homes Guide to Styles may be ordered from Antique Homes, P.O. Box 1046, Douglas, MA 01516, or by calling 508-476-7271.

John Petraglia -- Publisher

Bibliography

Antique Homes Guide to Styles:

Domestic Architectural Styles of New England to 1920

Baker, John Milnes: American House Styles
NewYork: W.W. Norton, 1994

Blumenson, John J.G.: Identifying American Architecture.
Nashville, Tennessee:American Association for State and Local History, 1981

 

Foley, Mary Mix: The American House
New York: Harper & Row, 1980

 

Howard, Hugh: How Old is This House? A Skeleton Key to Dating and Identifying Three Centuries of American Houses
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1989

 

McAlester, Virginia and Lee: A Field Guide to American Houses.
New York: Alfred A Knopf,1984

 

Morrison, Hugh: Early American Architecture: From the First Colonial Settlements to the National Period
New York: Oxford University Press, 1952. Dover reprint, 1988

 

Poppeliers, John C.; Chambers Jr. S. Allen; Schwartz, Nancy B: What Style is it? A Guide to American Architecture
Washington: PreservationPress,1977, 1983

 

Rifkind, Carole: A Field Guide to American Architecture
New York: Bonanza Books, 1980

 

Whiffen, Marcus: American Architecture Since 1780:
A Guide to Styles
Cambridge, Massachusetts: M.I.T. Press, 1969