Two Carpenters: Architecture and Building in Early New England, 1799?1859

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This innovative study examines the lives of two New England carpenters, Calvin and George Stearns, who were active in the first half of the nineteenth century. Drawing on their written accounts and examining their legacy of buildings--a record as extensive and richly detailed as any that exists--J. Ritchie Garrison recovers the stylistic influences, family patterns, work habits, social customs, tools, and business practices that shaped the Stearnses'...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1572334851

ISBN13:9781572334854

Release Date:August 2006

Publisher:Univ Tennessee Press

Length:240 Pages

Weight:1.70 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 7.7" x 9.3"

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Architecture History

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