A Guide to Early American Homes North Hardcover – January 1, 1956
by Dorothy & Richard PRATT
 
This fully illustrated magnificent volumed introduce you to the literally hundreds of outstanding homes--and because the authors have secured special permission from the owners, even permits you to visit many of the private ones by appointment, closed though they are to the general public. Published originally in two volume, this edition combines both into one book describing more than 1,000 open houses and more than 700 private ones. A guide to Early American Homes--North is the first book to cover completely 950 rewarding old houses from Maine to Delaware, from Cape Cod to Wisconsin and Illinois. It includes Sturbridge, Shelburne, and Deerfield, and other villages restored by expert and untiring research. You are given full information on the historic museum houses and villages. A Guide ot Early American Homes--South brings you the beauty of more than 850 homes from Tidewater Maryland to Arkansas, from Missouri and Tennesse to Florida. Naturally all such national shrines as Jefferson's Monticello, Andrew Jackson's Hermitage, and George Washinton's Mount Vernon are fully described.
 
1956 3.16