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Virginia's Historic Homes and Gardens

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Publisher : Voyageur Press
ISBN 13 : 1616731192
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (167 download)

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Download or read book Virginia's Historic Homes and Gardens written by and published by Voyageur Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Home to Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in the New World, Virginia is in many ways the birthplace of America and the home of U.S. history. It is also literally the birthplace of eight presidents and numerous Revolutionary and Civil War heroes. Virginia was among the wealthiest southern states in the antebellum period, resulting in a long tradition of stately homes on luxuriant plantations. In addition to their elegant architecture and classic southern styling, these homes feature some of the most extravagant and noteworthy gardens on the eastern seaboard. From the James River Plantations to the Shenandoah foothills, Virginia's Historic Homes and Gardens celebrates the legendary houses and landscapes of Old Dominion. Virginia natives, the authors travel throughout the state to highlight the best of the famous and lesser-known homes. Including such national landmarks as George Washington's Mount Vernon and Thomas Jefferson's Monticello, the book brilliantly illustrates the homes exteriors and interiors as well as their gardens and landscaping. Historical details accompany the exquisite color photographs, along with useful information on each site's location.

Historic Virginia Gardens

Author : Margaret Page Bemiss
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780813926599
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (265 download)

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Download or read book Historic Virginia Gardens written by Margaret Page Bemiss and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than seventy-five years, The Garden Club of Virginia has undertaken garden research and preservation work at numerous historic sites across the Old Dominion, restoring and creating beautiful landscapes for the education and enjoyment of all, from backyard gardeners to design professionals. Historic Virginia Gardens documents in breathtaking fashion this important contribution to the Commonwealth's botanical and architectural heritage. Picking up where an earlier volume, dedicated to the period from 1930 to 1975, left off, this new book brings the Club's work from the period 1975 to 2007 to life through a graceful and informative text by Margaret Page Bemiss, a host of historical and contemporary drawings, extensive native and heritage plant lists, and 125 splendid new color photographs from the award-winning garden photographer Roger Foley. The gardens highlighted here range in location from the Eastern Shore to Blacksburg, and date from the seventeenth century to the twenty-first. Margaret Bemiss describes not only the preservation of the gardens, but also each place, its builder, and its historic context. Giving the reader a fuller understanding of why each particular garden or landscape was worth restoring or re-creating, Bemiss explains the site's significance, in Virginia's rich history as well as in the history of gardening and landscape design. In addition to Foley's photographs, each narrative is also accompanied by bird's-eye-view drawings and site plans for the gardens, along with working drawings of garden buildings, furniture, fences, and gates. Of particular interest to practicing gardeners and garden historians is the comprehensive list of native and imported plants that were utilized in the gardens. The significance of the projects, from George Washington's Mount Vernon and Gari Melcher's Belmont to the Prestons' frontier home in Blacksburg and Thomas Jefferson's Monticello, make this book of interest not only to gardeners and landscape architects, but also to anyone with an interest in American history. Historic Virginia Gardens is sure to find a treasured place on the library shelf beside its predecessor, which was praised by the Virginian-Pilot as a "book [that] will please any gardener, be it a group restoring grounds around a shrine or a suburbanite pondering whether to plant phlox or periwinkle along the front walk."

Virginia Country

Author : Betsy Wells Edwards
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Virginia Country written by Betsy Wells Edwards and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 1998 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes 27 homes in Virginia from Toddsbury built around 1690 to Woodside Farm built in 1850 with color photographs and histories of the families who live in them.

Historic Houses of Virginia

Author : Kathryn Masson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Historic Houses of Virginia written by Kathryn Masson and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The treasures of American heritage showcased in this volume include such masterpieces as Colonial Williamsburg's Governor's Palace, George Washington's Mt. Vernon, Thomas Jefferson's Monticello, Robert E. Lee's Arlington House, and Stratford Hall Plantation--all presented in new photography commissioned for this book. (Architecture)

The Virginia House

Author : Anne M. Faulconer
Publisher : Schiffer Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780764305986
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book The Virginia House written by Anne M. Faulconer and published by Schiffer Publishing. This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illustrated with over 200 color photographs, this survey of Tidewater Virginia homes from 1640 to 1830 shows tiny cottages and great plantation houses set in formal gardens with an emphasis on small dwellings which are affordable, full of history, and suitable for 20th century life. Floor plans and details enable the reader to build his own Virginia dream house or renovate to project a genteel Virginian image.

New Directions in Garden Tourism

Author : Richard W. Benfield
Publisher : CABI
ISBN 13 : 1789241766
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (892 download)

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Download or read book New Directions in Garden Tourism written by Richard W. Benfield and published by CABI. This book was released on 2020-12-08 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following on from the success of Garden Tourism, this book provides an update on the statistics and growth of the global phenomenon of garden visitation. It delves into new themes and contemporary trends, from art and culture to psychographic profiling of visitors and how social media and semiotics are used to enrich visitor experience and fuel motivation. In addition to these new topics, the book also expands on important areas such as the continued rise of urban gardens, garden events, historic gardens and garden economics.

Beverly Hills' First Estate

Author : Timothy Lindsay
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780983537809
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (378 download)

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Download or read book Beverly Hills' First Estate written by Timothy Lindsay and published by . This book was released on 2011-10-15 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Text and pictures of the history of the Virginia Robinson Gardens in Beverly Hills, California.

The WPA Guide to Virginia

Author : Federal Writers' Project
Publisher : Trinity University Press
ISBN 13 : 1595342443
Total Pages : 568 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book The WPA Guide to Virginia written by Federal Writers' Project and published by Trinity University Press. This book was released on 2013-10-31 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the 1930s in the United States, the Works Progress Administration developed the Federal Writers’ Project to support writers and artists while making a national effort to document the country’s shared history and culture. The American Guide series consists of individual guides to each of the states. Little-known authors—many of whom would later become celebrated literary figures—were commissioned to write these important books. John Steinbeck, Saul Bellow, Zora Neale Hurston, and Ralph Ellison are among the more than 6,000 writers, editors, historians, and researchers who documented this celebration of local histories. Photographs, drawings, driving tours, detailed descriptions of towns, and rich cultural details exhibit each state’s unique flavor. The WPA Guide to Virgina documents the vital role the Old Dominion played in the history of the first 150 years of the United States and before. It is packed with historical information, particularly from the Colonial and Revolutionary years, and supplemented with photos of historic buildings and sites. Also worth note are the artistic photographs of the state’s ordinary people and its natural beauty, including the Shenandoah and Chesapeake Bay regions.

Cape Cod

Author : Taylor Biggs Lewis
Publisher : Pocket Books
ISBN 13 : 9780671868598
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (685 download)

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Download or read book Cape Cod written by Taylor Biggs Lewis and published by Pocket Books. This book was released on 1995 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Well known for its glorious coastline, fabulous sailing, world-renowned beaches, and delectable shellfish, Cape Cod has a long history connected to the sea. Cape Cod: Gardens and Houses reveals the Cape's natural beauty, its rich architecture, and its magical gardens.

American Homes and Gardens

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book American Homes and Gardens written by and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Legends of Loudoun

Author : Harrison Williams
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3732659585
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (326 download)

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Download or read book Legends of Loudoun written by Harrison Williams and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2018-04-05 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: Legends of Loudoun by Harrison Williams

Along Virginia's Route 15

Author : Josie Ballato
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738567389
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (673 download)

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Download or read book Along Virginia's Route 15 written by Josie Ballato and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stretch of U.S. Route 15 in Virginia's Piedmont passes through some of the most beautiful and historic land in the United States. Also known as the James Madison Highway, the route links land north and south of the Mason-Dixon Line and follows the same general path used for centuries by Native Americans, colonists, armies, and presidents. As postcards and automobiles became popular in the 20th century, travelers could find postcards for the towns of Leesburg, Warrenton, Culpeper, and Orange. They tell a story of great people and great events, as well as providing a glimpse of daily life for those who lived along this byway.

Historic Garden Week in Virginia

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Historic Garden Week in Virginia written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Year Book of the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities ...

Author : Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 760 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Year Book of the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities ... written by Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Historic Alexandria, Virginia, Street by Street

Author : Ethelyn Cox
Publisher : E P M Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780939009183
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Historic Alexandria, Virginia, Street by Street written by Ethelyn Cox and published by E P M Publications. This book was released on 1989 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historic Alexandria Foundation. This record of a famous port's architectural life includes 375 photographs of more than 500 buildings dating from 1749 to the mid-19th century.

Virginia

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Publisher : Farcountry Press
ISBN 13 : 1560377011
Total Pages : 43 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book Virginia written by and published by Farcountry Press. This book was released on 2017-08-08 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the lovely state of Virginia in Farcountry Press' newest release Virginia: A Photographic Journey. Featuring the striking photography of Richard Nowitz and Virginia natives Pat and Chuck Blackley, the book's images reveal a true passion for all things Virginia. Jam-packed with 110 full color photographs and informative text, this tour showcases what makes Old Dominion such a beloved and exceptional place.

From elegant shots of Richmond and Norfolk to the colonial architecture of Williamsburg, University of Virginia, and Mount Vernon, Virginia: A Photographic Journey proudly showcases what makes The Cavalier State so special.

Collected in a soft cover, Virginia: A Photographic Journey highlights the state's cities, attractions, and natural scenery in vibrant color photographs. Featuring shots from the Norfolk Botanical Gardens, Kiptopeke State Park, Yorktown Battlefield, Luray Caverns, the Shenandoah Valley, Great Falls National Park and more!

Old-House Journal

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Old-House Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 2002-03 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Old-House Journal is the original magazine devoted to restoring and preserving old houses. For more than 35 years, our mission has been to help old-house owners repair, restore, update, and decorate buildings of every age and architectural style. Each issue explores hands-on restoration techniques, practical architectural guidelines, historical overviews, and homeowner stories--all in a trusted, authoritative voice.