Product Description

"Big house, little house, back house, barn"--this rhythmic cadence was sung by nineteenth-century children as they played. It also portrays the four essential components of the farms where many of them lived. The stately and beautiful connected farm buildings made by nineteenth-century New Englanders stand today as a living expression of a rural culture, offering insights into the people who made them and their agricultural way of life.

A visual delight as well as an engaging tribute to our nineteenth-century forebears, this book has become one of the standard works on regional farmsteads in America.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #319539 in Books
• Published on: 2004-03-01
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .57" h x 8.52" w x 10.84" l, 1.53 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 240 pages

Review
"An unexpected small masterpiece...that has some of the suspense of a detective story and, at times, the poignance of deeply felt, sympathetic social history."--Robert Campbell, Boston Globe

"An important pioneering effort. The book commemorates both an unique indigenous architectural expression and a way of life that has become extinct . . . The style is economic and clear and Hubka's affection for architecture binds the buildings to their people and their times."--Maine Sunday Times

"No matter where you live, you will want this book as a model of vernacular architecture scholarship."--Vernacular Architecture Newsletter

From the Publisher
8 3/4 x 11 3/4 trim. 79 illus. 101 figs. 3 charts. LC 84-40303

About the Author
Thomas C. Hubka taught architecture for fifteen years at the University of Oregon where he was an associate professor. He has also written about American vernacular buildings and architectural design method. He currently teaches in the School of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.