The pillared city : Greek revival Mobile / John S. Sledge ; photography by Sheila Hagler.
"In The Pillared City, John S. Sledge presents a richly illustrated overview of the Greek Revival period in Mobile, Alabama (1825-70), when high-style and vernacular columned buildings were erected on the city's streets." "Using a wealth of resources such as deeds and diaries, Sl...
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Athens [Ga.] :
University of Georgia Press,
©2009.
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Table of Contents:
- My Georgia cottage
- Acknowledgments
- Photographer's note
- Greek revival architecture in America
- Pillared beginnings in antebellum Mobile
- Pillared city, pillared ruin, 1836-1839
- Town and country classicism, 1840-1865
- The long reverberation
- List of abbreviations
- Notes
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index.