In this information-packed field guide, the authors of perennially popular "A Field Guide to American Houses" show readers houses worth looking at and the neighborhoods in which they can be found, in 110 cities and towns in seventeen western states--helpfully organized alphabetically by state, and by cities and towns within states. The book's introduction provides a chronological over-view of the entire West--with illustrations and maps that show the region's principal styles of pre-1940 domestic architecture. An introduction to each city or town explains how the area developed and how its architectural styles document its past. This new book is a work of immense knowledge that will stand as a classic in its field: an invaluable book for people fascinated with houses, for architectural buffs, and for actual--and armchair--travelers in the American West.
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