The Row House in Washington, DC
A History
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2023
University of Virginia Press (Verlag)
978-0-8139-4945-1 (ISBN)
University of Virginia Press (Verlag)
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Demonstrates the distinctive character of the Washington row house and the many similarities it shares with row houses in other mid-Atlantic cities. The book also shows how urban dwellers responded to a challenging concatenation of spatial, regulatory, financial, and demographic limitations, providing a historical model for new, innovative designs.
With The Row House in Washington, DC, the architectural historian and preservationist Alison Hoagland turns the lucid prose style and keen analytical skill that characterize all her scholarship to the subject of the Washington row house. Row houses have long been an important component of the housing stock of many major American cities, predominantly sheltering the middle classes comprising clerks, tradespeople, and artisans. In Washington, with its plethora of government workers, they are the dominant typology of the historical city. Hoagland identifies six principal row house types--two-room, L-shaped, three-room, English-basement, quadrant, and kitchen-forward--and documents their wide-ranging impact, as sources of income and statements of attainment as well as domiciles for nuclear families or boarders, homeowners or renters, long tenancy or short stays. Through restrictive covenants on some house sales, they also illustrate the pervasive racism that has haunted the city. This topical study demonstrates at once the distinctive character of the Washington row house and the many similarities it shares with row houses in other mid-Atlantic cities. In a broader sense, it also shows how urban dwellers responded to a challenging concatenation of spatial, regulatory, financial, and demographic limitations, providing a historical model for new, innovative designs.
With The Row House in Washington, DC, the architectural historian and preservationist Alison Hoagland turns the lucid prose style and keen analytical skill that characterize all her scholarship to the subject of the Washington row house. Row houses have long been an important component of the housing stock of many major American cities, predominantly sheltering the middle classes comprising clerks, tradespeople, and artisans. In Washington, with its plethora of government workers, they are the dominant typology of the historical city. Hoagland identifies six principal row house types--two-room, L-shaped, three-room, English-basement, quadrant, and kitchen-forward--and documents their wide-ranging impact, as sources of income and statements of attainment as well as domiciles for nuclear families or boarders, homeowners or renters, long tenancy or short stays. Through restrictive covenants on some house sales, they also illustrate the pervasive racism that has haunted the city. This topical study demonstrates at once the distinctive character of the Washington row house and the many similarities it shares with row houses in other mid-Atlantic cities. In a broader sense, it also shows how urban dwellers responded to a challenging concatenation of spatial, regulatory, financial, and demographic limitations, providing a historical model for new, innovative designs.
Alison K. Hoagland, Professor Emerita in History and Historic Preservation at Michigan Technological University, is the author of The Log Cabin: An American Icon (Virginia).
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Chronology
Introduction
1. Six Plans
2. Constraints
3. Facades
4. Health and Comfort
5. Buying and Selling
6. Owning and Renting
Epilogue
Appendix: Building Regulations, 1791
Note on Sources
Notes
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 18.04.2023 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 120 b&w illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Charlottesville |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 171 x 226 mm |
| Gewicht | 308 g |
| Themenwelt | Technik ► Architektur |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8139-4945-9 / 0813949459 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8139-4945-1 / 9780813949451 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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