Homes in the Heartland : Balloon Frame Farmhouses of the Upper Midwest /

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Homes in the Heartland offers a captivating explanation of the revolutionary balloon frame house construction that swept across Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin from 1850 to 1920, enabling the settlers of the upper Midwest to establish frontier homes. Fred W. Peterson leads...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Peterson, Fred W.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2008.
Édition:1st University of Minnesota Press ed.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Farmhouses > Design and construction.
Farmhouses.
Balloon framing.
ARCHITECTURE > History > General.
ARCHITECTURE > Buildings > Residential.
Charpentes à claire-voie > Midwest (États-Unis) > Histoire.
Farmhouses > Middle West > History.
Balloon framing > Middle West > History.
Farmhouses > Middle West > Design and construction > History.
Middle West.
History
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Balloon frame structural system
  • Typology for balloon frame farmhouses in the upper midwest
  • Settlement and shelter
  • Farmhouse types 1 and 2 : what makes a house a home?
  • Farmhouse types 3 and 4 : a vernacular aesthetics
  • Farmhouse types 5 and 6 : style, substance, and community
  • Farmhouse types 8 and 9 : consolidation and standardization
  • Farmhouse type 10 : rural images of success
  • Conclusion: bricks, balloon frames, and hi-tech.

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