William Strickland and the creation of an American architecture / Robert Russell.
By: Russell, Robert Douglass [author.].
Publisher: Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, 2017Description: 344 pages cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781621903468 (hardcover).Subject(s): Strickland, William, 1787-1854 | Architects -- United States -- Biography | Architecture -- United StatesGenre/Form: Print books.Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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On Shelf | NA737.S68 R87 2017 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU00000000011925 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction. William Strickland: a portrait of the artist -- Becoming an architect: Strickland's early work in Philadelphia -- The Second Bank of the United States -- Philadelphia years beyond the Second Bank -- Strickland on the national scene -- A sumptuous temple of commerce: the Philadelphia Merchants' Exchange -- National ups and downs -- Retreat to Europe and disappointments at home -- Triumph on the Cumberland: the Tennessee years -- Monuments and memorials -- Domestic work -- Strickland the engineer.