[PDF.59nl] The Sandstone Architecture of the Lake Superior Region (Great Lakes Books Series)

The Sandstone Architecture of the Lake Superior Region (Great Lakes Books Series)

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 | #2088261 in Books |  Wayne State University Press |  2000-12 |  2000-07-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  10.00 x1.00 x7.00l,1.95 | File type: PDF | 344 pages

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| A prize addition to my professional library|By David Arbogast|This is a well-written monograph of the quarries, sandstone industry, and buildings erected from the sandstone of the upper peninsula of Michigan and the Apostle Island area of Wisconsin. The book is thorough and filled with excellent photographs of various buildings erected during the all-too-brief popularity of th| |Geography, geology, architecture, and biography are joined to create this detailed study of a region and the majestic sandstone with which it was developed--rugged buildings for a muscular landscape. -- Rochelle B. Elstein, Ph.D., Bibliographer, Northwe

From 1870 to 1910 the prosperity of the copper and iron mining, lumbering, and shipping industries of the Lake Superior region created a demand for more substantial buildings. In satisfying this demand, architects, builders, and clients preferred local red sandstone. They found this stone beautiful, colorful, carvable, durable, and fireproof. Because it was extracted easily in large blocks and shipped cheaply by water, it was economical. The red sandstone city halls, cou...

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