Buildings of Michigan

by Kathryn Bishop Eckert

Book Overview

Buildings of Michigan presents a pictorial survey of Michigan architecture from 1831 to the present. From Romantic Michigan, before the Civil War, with its Greek, Gothic, and Italian villas to the internationally renowned buildings of modern Michigan, this informative book explores Michigan's history, covering the full spectrum of architectural styles particular to the state.
Surveying the architecture of Detroit and many other cities, towns,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195093798
• ISBN13: 9780195093797
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 624 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 7.1" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Good overview, with some factual errors

Book contains not a few innacuracies. Sample: "Members (of the Huron Mountain Club in the Upper Peninsula)now include affluent Michigan families like the Fords, Algers, Ferrys, Bentleys, and Angells - many of whom exploited the resources of the wilderness but saved this particular wilderness as sancturary and hideaway for themselves." The Fords have not been members since the 1930's. The Algers, Ferrys, and Angells have never been members. The Bentleys are members but are not a "Michigan Family" (they're from Chicago). Furthermore their affluence is somewhat open to question