A Guide To Architecture In The Adirondacks

Author : Richard Longstreth
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780967038858
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Guide to Architecture in the Adirondacks written by Richard Longstreth and published by . This book was released on 2017-06-15 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Guide to Architecture in the Adirondacks is a comprehensive and easy-to-use guide for exploring the rich and diverse built environment of the Adirondack region of New York State.

Author : Janet A. Null
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 1438466684
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Adirondack Architecture Guide, Southern-Central Region written by Janet A. Null and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2017-06-01 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the architectural treasures of the Southern-Central region of New York's Adirondack Park and places them in the context of Adirondack history and culture. The Adirondack Architecture Guide, Southern-Central Region provides a professional and insightful survey of the built environment of a unique area within New York’s Adirondack Park. This book is the first field guide to the architecture of the Park, revealing the ordinary and the extraordinary, the remarkable buildings by prominent designers, as well as the hidden, unexpected gems few know exist. Based on more than seven thousand miles of fieldwork and years of research, the guide comprises more than seven hundred sites traversing the geographic range, socioeconomic strata, and historical span of the region from the late 1700s to the present. Organized according to clearly marked travel routes and fourteen tours on the ground and on the water, it features detailed maps and coordinates for each site, along with many beautiful photographs. Also included are eleven companion essays drawing on the expertise of professionals, local historians, and Adirondack residents that delve into the what, where, and why people built in the Adirondacks. Janet A. Null is an award-winning architect and President of Argus Architecture & Preservation, P.C. She lives in upstate New York and has practiced throughout the Adirondack region for more than twenty-five years.

Author : Harvey H. Kaiser
Publisher : David R. Godine Publisher
ISBN 13 : 9781567920734
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.3X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Great Camps of the Adirondacks written by Harvey H. Kaiser and published by David R. Godine Publisher. This book was released on 2003-07 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author does a thorough job in explaining the beginnings of rustic architecture and why it has a permanent place in the culture. The mix of social background and the history of the early Adirondack camps provides a designers guidebook.

Author : Bryant Franklin Tolles
Publisher : UPNE
ISBN 13 : 9781584650966
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Resort Hotels of the Adirondacks written by Bryant Franklin Tolles and published by UPNE. This book was released on 2003 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An architectural study of the large Adirondack hotels that focuses on the cultural history of travel and tourism.

Author : Martin Podskoch
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780979497971
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Adirondack 102 Club written by Martin Podskoch and published by . This book was released on 2014-06 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ann Stillman O'Leary
Publisher : Clarkson Potter
ISBN 13 : 9780609802359
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Adirondack Style written by Ann Stillman O'Leary and published by Clarkson Potter. This book was released on 2002-05-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ADIRONDACK STYLE, the first book to take a comprehensive look at rustic design today, celebrates--in words and images--a style that is being referenced in homes from Maine to California.

Author : Bryant Franklin Tolles
Publisher : UPNE
ISBN 13 : 9780874511673
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New Hampshire Architecture written by Bryant Franklin Tolles and published by UPNE. This book was released on 1979 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated popular guide to the Granite State's rich architectural heritage

Author : Fran Yardley
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 1438470525
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Finding True North written by Fran Yardley and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2018-05-23 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An evocative and personal history of a unique historic place in the Adirondacks. In 1968 Fran and Jay Yardley, a young couple with pioneering spirit, moved to a remote corner of the Adirondacks to revive the long-abandoned but historic Bartlett Carry Club, with its one thousand acres and thirty-seven buildings. The Saranac Lake–area property had been in Jay’s family for generations, and his dream was to restore this summer resort to support himself and, eventually, a growing family. Fran chronicles their journey and, along the way, unearths the history of those who came before, from the 1800s to the present. Offering an evocative glimpse into the past, Finding True North traces the challenges and transformations of one of the world’s most beautiful, least-celebrated places and the people who were tirelessly devoted to it. “Fran Yardley is a superb storyteller, and this is a superb story—of a camp and of a marriage, illuminating a key corner of the slightly out-of-time paradise that is the Adirondacks.” — Bill McKibben, author of Radio Free Vermont: A Fable of Resistance “Fran Yardley has given us an emotionally moving book, combining memoir and Adirondack history. With a singular and powerful voice, in a tightly organized narrative, she deftly weaves together two distinct strands: her own remarkable story and the history of Bartlett’s Carry.” — Philip Terrie, author of Seeing the Forest: Reviews, Musings, and Opinions from an Adirondack Historian “Fran Yardley—storyteller, actress, writer, and stalwart Adirondacker—takes us behind the balsam curtain to a truly magical place on the Saranac Lakes. Finding True North is the tale of families, forests, tragedy, and triumph told from the heart with deep insight. It’s a terrific, immersive read.” — Elizabeth Folwell, editor-at-large, Adirondack Life “Gifted storyteller Fran Yardley has harnessed her many voices to the printed page in this remarkable memoir. Yardley interweaves her firsthand experience hinged to historic documentation with her imagination as she reveals the lives and ways of those who went before and coexisted with her and Jay Yardley at Bartlett Carry. Finding True North is a must-read love story about Adirondack place and people.” — Caroline M. Welsh, Director Emerita, Adirondack Museum “In Finding True North, Fran Yardley has produced an immediate and necessary addition to the body of Adirondack literature and history. Long in the making, it is beautifully written, authoritative, and moving.” — Christopher Shaw, author of Sacred Monkey River: A Canoe Trip with the Gods and former editor of Adirondack Life “Author and master storyteller Fran Yardley tells of the early history of the aquatic Adirondack crossroads known as Bartlett Carry, the later history of the place as a club for families eager to swap conventional orbits outside the mountains for the natural world within, and the reinvention of the place by the author and her visionary late husband, Jay. The stories that flow together here touch the heart and bring the reader to tears and laughter. For lovers of the Adirondacks and particularly for those keen on understanding how the past shapes the present and the future, this is a must read.” — Ed Kanze, author of Adirondack: Life and Wildlife in the Wild, Wild East

Author : Bryant Franklin Tolles
Publisher : UPNE
ISBN 13 : 1584658916
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Architecture & Academe written by Bryant Franklin Tolles and published by UPNE. This book was released on 2011 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The unique and influential architecture of sixteen New England colleges

Author : f-Stop Fitzgerald
Publisher : Universe Pub
ISBN 13 : 9780789322661
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Adirondack Style written by f-Stop Fitzgerald and published by Universe Pub. This book was released on 2011 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the definitive book on the style, architecture, design, and natural beauty of the Adirondack Great Camps. The Adirondack Great Camps as well as their furnishings are some of the most iconic of American architecture and design. Harkening back to nineteenth-century tycoons and continuing today, this style is driven by the call to a simpler life in harmony with these mountains. Approximately forty of these camps both historic and contemporary and their glorious environments represent this celebration of one of America's true regional treasures. An afterword by a curator of The Adirondack Museum highlights the craft tradition of the Great Camps. The wild beauty and serenity of the Adirondacks have always attracted those who sought a simpler life and a connection to nature. This is a land of spectacular beauty, with iconic elements such as the sugar maple and white birch; bobcat, beaver, and moose; majestic loon and great blue heron. It should come as no surprise then, that the robber barons and business tycoons of the 1800s turned to this leafy haven to escape the urban jungle. They constructed compounds in and around Raquette Lake as rustic getaways, and these grand structures became known as the Great Camps of the Adirondacks. Each Great Camp was more beautiful than the next. The rough-hewn, timber exteriors contrasted the elegant interiors, which included complex stonework and hand-carved furniture. Natural elements such as tree roots, fungi, twigs, and bark, often played an integral part in the décor--the simple yet elegant Adirondack chair has become an international symbol of leisure. Today, approximately 40 Great Camps have survived, including 10 that are National Historic Landmarks. Some are open to the public as landmarks and lodges, while others remain in private hands. These structures echo the greatness of their past and enhance the natural beauty of the region, while providing us with a link to our nation's rich history of environmental preservation balanced with economic growth. Just the list of camp names reads like a history of the Adirondacks: Sagamore, Hedges, Pine Knot, Waldheim, The Point, Santanoni, Top Ridge, White Pine, Clear Lake, Prospect Point, Northbrook, Whiteface Lodge, Carolina, Regis/Applejack, Gull Rock, Huntington, Pritz, Three Star, Wononah, Wellscroft, Birch Point, Pinebrook, Hemlock Ledge, North Point, Bluff Point at Raquette Lake, Lake Placid Lodge, Moss Ledge, Wildair, Winnetaska, Boulder Isle, Sekon, Kildare, Uplands, Minnowbrook, Uncas, Covewood, Big Moose Chapel, Potluck, Albedor, and Paownyc.