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The accidental architect / the building collection of Peter and Teddy Berg, [by] Jeffrey Simpson.

Collection Type

  • Books and periodicals

GUSN

GUSN-146693

Description

[144] p. : ill. (mostly col.) ; 25 cm.

Details

Descriptive Terms

Architecture conservation and restoration.
Conservation and restoration architecture.
Architecture designs and plans.
Buildings repair and reconstruction.
Buildings design and construction.
history.
description.
historic houses, etc.

Originator

Simpson, Jeffrey.
Halle, Hiram.

Contents

Foreword, by Peter Mauss. -- Preface, by Peter Berg. -- Building a collection.--- Walpole beginnings: the Marlborough house and the Merrimack house. -- The influence of Hiram Halle (and his houses and barns). -- Home sweet home: the Dudley Friedman house. -- New England beginnings. -- Rising into the sky: the Tudor tower. -- The heart of the fantasy: the tavern. -- The repository of history.

Publication

[Walpole, N. H.], Rice Mountain Publications

Description

[144] p. : ill. (mostly col.) ; 25 cm.

Notes

Designed and produced by Maria Miller Design. Edited by Sharon AvRutick. Map and cover illustration by Deborah DeLisi. Photograph research by Leslie Dutcher.

Other People and Orgs

Berg, Peter (Peter Van Dyk), 1924-
Berg, Teddy Mrs. (Theodora),

Places

Rice Mountain. (Walpole, N. H.)
Walpole (N. H.)
United States

Variant Title

The building collection of Peter and Teddy Berg

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