 | Architecture and Landscape of the Pennsylvania Germans, 1720-1920 Subjects: Vernacular architecture -- Pennsylvania -- Pennsylvania Dutch Country; Cultural landscapes -- Pennsylvania -- Pennsylvania Dutch Country; The eight essays in this volume, based on years of field observation and research by leading scholars and preservationists, examine Pennsylvania German architecture in light of current scholarship and newly documented buildings. The book features dozens of never-before-published measured drawings of important sites. Sally McMurry is Professor of American History at the Pennsylvania State University. She is the author of From Sugar Camp to Star Barn: Rural Life and Landscape in a Western Pennsylvania Community, 1780-1940. Nancy Van Dolsen is a historic preservation consultant and teaches history at Barton College. |
