Preserving the Old Dominion: Historic Preservation and Virginia Traditionalism

Preserving the Old Dominion: Historic Preservation and Virginia Traditionalism
ISBN-10
0813914507
ISBN-13
9780813914503
Category
Architecture
Pages
316
Language
English
Published
1993
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Author
James Michael Lindgren

Description

In 1889 tradition-minded women, including many from Virginia's most prominent families, formed the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, the first state preservation organization in the US. Cultural historian Lindgren shows how the preservation movement strove to rebuild a revere

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