Minnesota's own : preserving our grand homes /

"From Duluth to Bemidji, Red Wing to the Twin Cities, writer Larry Millett and photographer Matt Schmitt highlight Minnesota homes designed by architects such as Edwin Lundie, Frank Lloyd Wright, and William Purcell and George Elmslie and with sumptuous ornamentation by local craftspeople inclu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Millett, Larry, 1947- (Author)
Other Authors:	Schmitt, Matt (Photographer)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	St. Paul, MN : Minnesota Historical Society Press, [2014]
Subjects:	Architect-designed houses > Minnesota. Architect-designed houses > Conservation and restoration > Minnesota. Architecture, Domestic > Minnesota > Pictorial works. Minnesota > Biography. ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Residential. ARCHITECTURE / Historic Preservation / Restoration Techniques.

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Summary:	"From Duluth to Bemidji, Red Wing to the Twin Cities, writer Larry Millett and photographer Matt Schmitt highlight Minnesota homes designed by architects such as Edwin Lundie, Frank Lloyd Wright, and William Purcell and George Elmslie and with sumptuous ornamentation by local craftspeople including interior decorator John Bradstreet and woodcarver Johannes Kirchmayer. Minnesota's Own welcomes readers into twenty-two of these homes through over two hundred color photographs and Millett's captivating stories of their construction, original owners, and restorations"--
Physical Description:	xiii, 306 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 26 x 29 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780873519298 (hbk.) 0873519299 (hbk.)