Homes Down East: Classic Maine Coastal Cottages and Town Houses (Hardcover)
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Description
Between the Civil War and World War I, the Maine coast drew thousands of summer visitors every year.
By the 1880s, some of the more affluent visitors decided to build their own cottages. From 1885 to 1905, Scientific American Building Monthly published floor plans, photographs, and descriptions of hundreds of homes, to inspire architects, builders, and clients. A tour of 52 lovely, distinctive homes designed and built in Maine more than a century ago are shared with a contemporary audience by the state's foremost architectural experts.
Together with photographs of the homes taken by David Clough, Shettleworth, Hanson and Glass provide expert commentary on both the home and its times. A book not to be missed by anyone who loves Maine, architecture, or the grand homes of a grander time.
- Highlights the Shingle Style summer cottages and town houses that flourished in Bar Harbor, Portland, the Casco Bay islands, Prouts Neck, Kennebunkport, and elsewhere on the Maine coast around the turn of the last century.
- Features floor plans and photographs from the pages of the Scientific American Building Monthly.
- Also features gorgeous exterior and interior color photography of 32 homes.
About the Author
Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. was appointed to the first board of the Maine Historic Preservation Commission in 1971 and has served as director of the commission since 1976 and as Maine State Historian since 2004.
Christopher Glass is an architectural historian and architect. He is the former chairman of the Maine Historic Preservation Commission and taught Architectural Design at Bowdoin College. He lives in Camden, Maine.
SCOTT T. HANSON (Topsham, ME) has thought deeply about the renovation of historic homes in his 40 years as a designer, carpenter, municipal historic district regulator, historic preservation consultant, and architectural historian. His own 15-year renovation of a historic house, doing the vast majority of the work himself, has allowed him to put his ideas to the test and to learn from his mistakes while accumulating the library of how-to photos that illustrates this book. Scott is Director of Preservation Consulting Services with Sutherland Conservation & Consulting and has researched and written numerous National Register nominations and Maine Historic Building Record documentation projects. He is the co-author of Homes Down East: Classic Maine Coastal Cottages and Town Houses.
David Clough is a lifelong lover of photography with a special passion for photographing structures of historical significance. His work has been published in Japan and the U.S. He lives in Rockland, Maine.
Praise For…
Homes Down East is a rarity: a handsome book that will satisfy the
appetite of old-house aficionados and prove of lasting value to serious
scholars of architectural history. Most welcome is the appearance of the
houses of Maine's popular John Calvin Stevens set within the context of
his lesser-known peers.
— James F. O'Gorman, NcNeil Professor Emeritus, Former Chair of Maine Historic Preservation Commission
This fascinating book -- combining historical scholarship with critical
commentary, and architect's plans and early photographs with
contemporary images -- offers invaluable insights into an especially
fruitful era of domestic architecture in coastal Maine.
— Henry N. Cobb, Founding partner (with I. M .Pei) of Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
This fascinating book provides a field guide and a field day for
the reader, capturing Maine's seminal role in the development of the
first truly American architecture, the Shingle Style. Homes Down East is
a must-have book for those with casual or in-depth interest in the
iconic Maine coastal cottage.
— Gregg Paxton, Executive Director, Maine Preservation
A fascinating tour de force, "Homes Down East: Classic Maine Coastal
Cottages and Town Houses" is very highly recommended for professional
and academic Architectural Studies reference collections. Exceptionally
well written, organized and presented, "Homes Down East: Classic Maine
Coastal Cottages and Town Houses" is especially commended to the
attention of non-specialist general readers with an interest in Maine
cottage and town house architecture.
— John Burroughs, Reviewer - Midwest Book Review, Reviewers Bookwatch
