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Houses of Philadelphia: Chestnut Hill and the Wissahickon Valley, 1880-1930

Houses of Philadelphia: Chestnut Hill and the Wissahickon Valley, 1880-1930

Houses of Philadelphia: Chestnut Hill and the Wissahickon Valley, 1880-1930

$69.00

Garrison, James B.

Cl. New York, 2008

Book ID: 79977

Documents an outstanding group of houses, illustrating the scope of development in the Wissahickon Valley and the talented architects who worked there. From Henry Houston's much altered Drum Moir to Edward Stotesbury's extraordinary Whitemarsh Hall, the book examines 40 properties in detail with over 300 archival and contemporary photographs, drawings, and floor plans. Part of Acanthus Press's excellent Suburban Domestic Architecture Series.

312 pp., 300 photos, drawings, plans.