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Author Mattor, Theresa.

Title Designing the Maine landscape / Theresa Mattor and Lucie Teegarden ; preface by Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr. ; foreword by Charles E. Beveridge.

Publication Info. [Camden, Me.] : Down East Books ; [Portland, Me.] : Maine Olmsted Alliance for Parks & Landscapes ; [Lanham, Md.] : Distributed to the trade by National Book Network, [2009]
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 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  974.1 Q MATTOR    Check Shelf
Description 216 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 26 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages207-211) and index.
Contents I. Public places of enduring beauty: The Portland Park System -- Augusta, Capital city on the Kennebec -- Camden's historic gems -- Northeast Harbor, a legacy of kindred spirits -- II. Education, recreation, and repose: Educational advancements--historic designed campuses -- Historic golf courses--pure air and inspiring scenery -- Rural cemetaries--landscapes for the living and the dead -- III. Private estates: Great homes and gardens : The grand colonial revival -- The naturalistic designs of Hans Heistad -- The Maine work of Beatrix Farrand -- Skylands--Jen Jensen's Maine masterpiece -- IV. Expanding the landscape: Historic subdivisions--creating new neighborhoods -- New town plans--Utopian experiements -- Shipyard housing--Garden cities for workers.
Subject Historic sites -- Maine.
Landscapes -- Maine -- History.
Landscape design -- Maine -- History.
Landscape architecture -- Maine -- History.
Landscape architects -- United States -- Biography.
Landscape design -- United States -- Biography.
Maine -- History, Local.
Added Author Teegarden, Lucie.
ISBN 9780892727292 trade hardcover alkaline paper
0892727292 trade hardcover alkaline paper
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