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Summer by the seaside :the architecture of New England coastal resort hotels, 1820-1950 /Bryant F. Tolles, Jr.

Collection Type

  • Books and periodicals

GUSN

GUSN-225926

Description

xxii, 231 p. : ill. (some col.), maps, plans ; 29 cm.

Details

Descriptive Terms

Hotels History 19th century.
Hotels History 20th century.
Resort architecture
Hotels
Fremdenverkehrsort.
Hotel.
Architektur.

Originator

Tolles, Bryant Franklin, 1939-

Contents

Introduction: the American resort hotel and its expression on the New England coast -- Connecticut: the Long Island Sound shoreline -- Rhode Island: Narragansett Bay, Watch Hill, And Block Island -- Massachusetts: the South Shore, Cape Cod, and the islands -- Massachusetts: the North Shore -- New Hampshire: the beaches,New Castle, and the Isles of Shoals -- Maine: from kittery to Cape Elizabeth -- Maine: from Casco Bay to New Brunswick.

Publication

Hanover : University Press of New England

Description

xxii, 231 p. : ill. (some col.), maps, plans ; 29 cm.

Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-222) and index.
Complimentary copy. Historic New England collection objects appear on page 56 (Watch Hill House floor plan) and page 160 (Samoset Hotel photo).

ISBN

9781584655763 (cloth : alk. paper)
1584655763 (cloth : alk. paper)

Call Number

Stacks TX909.T616 2008

Material Type

Guidebooks.

Places

New England
New England.
Atlantic Coast (U.S.)
USA.
Atlantikkèuste.

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