The Architecture of Baltimore: An Illustrated History
- ISBN-10
- 0801878063
- ISBN-13
- 9780801878060
- Category
- Architecture
- Pages
- 397
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004
- Publisher
- JHU Press
- Authors
- Frank R. Shivers, Mary Ellen Hayward
Description
The eclectic and inspiring architecture of Baltimore is captured in this study that ranges from the city's eighteenth-century Georgian buildings to its Romantic stylings, including Greek and Gothic revivals, and the influx of industrial buildings and modernist structures.
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