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Author Shivell, Kirk.

Title The steeples of old New England : how the Yankees reached for heaven / by Kirk Shivell.

Publication Info. Marina Del Rey, CA : Lighthouse Press, [1998]
©1998

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Location Call No. Status
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  726.5 SHIVELL    Check Shelf
Description 359 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 340-353) and index.
Contents The emergence of the Yankees -- Pre-revolutionary New England -- The pre-revolutionary steeples -- Some post-revolutionary steeples -- The first professional architects -- The years of Yankee glory -- The work & influence of Bulfinch & Benjamin -- The work & influence of Hoadley & Carter -- The work & influence of Isaac Damon -- Some storied fancies of the years of glory -- The decline of taste & judgement -- The disintegration of the Yankess.
Subject Spires.
Architecture -- Details.
Church architecture -- New England.
ISBN 1577850572
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