Une Belle Maison : The Lombard Plantation House in New Orleans's Bywater /

"This book brings together artist John James Audubon; architect of the U.S. capital, Benjamin Henry Latrobe; Lee Harvey Oswald; and Fats Domino in an engrossing story, linking these and other colorful figures to the history of a beautiful, historic home in New Orleans. The Lombard plantation ho...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Starr, S. Frederick (Autor)
Otros Autores: Brantley, Robert S. (Ilustrador)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2013.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
ARCHITECTURE > Historic Preservation > General.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Louisiana > New Orleans > Lombard Plantation.
Louisiana > New Orleans > Bywater Historic District.
Louisiana > New Orleans.
New Orleans (La.) > History.
New Orleans (La.) > Biography.
Bywater Historic District (New Orleans, La.)
Lombard Plantation (New Orleans, La.)
History.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Louis Chevalier Macarty: The Precursor
  • A Neighborhood of Plantations, Convents, and Distilleries
  • Dynasties: The Lombards and the Zeringues
  • Guillaume Lombard's Residence and Its Architect
  • The Lombard Household
  • The Lombard Family at Home
  • How the Lombards' "Belle Maison" Survived a Real Estate Bubble
  • The Grasse Years, to 1843
  • The Physical Plant and Daily Life
  • The Durands at Home, 1843-1864
  • The Last Flowering of Agriculture at the Lombard Plantation, 1864-1878
  • Romantic Decline, and New Status as a Cultural Symbol
  • An Architectural Survivor, Barely, 1880-1930
  • Creeping Decay, 1930-1990
  • Restoration and Urban Revival
  • Completing the Restoration
  • The Gardens and Plants
  • The Era of Civic Initiative.

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