The latest volume in the Society of Architectural Historians prestigiousBuildings of the United States series Buildings of Delaware is the first bookto document... » 

The latest volume in the Society of Architectural Historians prestigiousBuildings of the United States series Buildings of Delaware is the first bookto document the states architectural history from all periods. Extensivelyillustrated with photographs and maps and supplemented by a glossary andbibliography the volume covers buildings of many styles types and materialsfrom grand mansions to vernacular structures and from urban to rural settings.The noted architectural historian W. Barksdale Maynard spent much of 2002through 2004 canvassing the rich cultural heritage of the state andinvestigating its relationship to the built environmentfrom an ancient Dutchdyke of 1660 to a cuttingedge cablestay bridge recently completed fromcolonial smokehouses in the countryside of Kent County to a rare intactInternational Style 1940s elementary school in the city of Wilmington. Amongthe architectural forms discussed are industrial and agricultural buildings andstructures that characterize the states rivers canals and shoreline fromgristmills to bridges and lighthouses. Major cities such as Newark andWilmington are considered at length with entries on homes churches schoolsand government buildings and the states natural landscape parks and suchrenowned gardens as Winterthur are also described. Buildings of Delaware willprovide scholars with valuable information on the architecture of the stateand will spark the imagination of general readers and local historians aswell.A volume in the Buildings of the United States series of the Society ofArchitectural Historians «