Built for the Ages
Author: William Seale
Publisher:
Published: 2017-05-15
Total Pages: 150
ISBN-13: 9781931917773
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White House Stone Carving
Author: Lee H. Nelson
Publisher: Marine Corps Association
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 44
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"Americans tend to think of the White House as a symbol of the Presidency rather than an exceptional example of early American craftsmanship. Yet, when seen close-up, the building is both bold and delicate in a way that surprises and impresses most visitors--surprises because such delicate ornamentation is carved out of stone, and impresses because such craftsmanship adds a new dimension to our appreciation of the White House as a landmark building. While a number of stories can be told about building the President's House in the 1790s, this story is limited to what it took to carve a stone building, and the preservation of that work as part of the White House's 200th anniversary"--Page 1.
The Hidden White House
Author: Robert Klara
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2013-10-22
Total Pages: 383
ISBN-13: 1250000270
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"In 1948, Harry Truman, President of the United States, almost fell through the ceiling of the Blue Room in a bathtub into a meeting of the Daughters of the American Revolution. A team of the nation's top architects was hastily assembled to inspect the White House, and upon seeing the state the old mansion was in, insisted the First Family be evicted immediately. What followed was the biggest home-improvement job the nation had ever seen"--
Stone Carving for the Home and Garden
Author: Steve Bisco
Publisher: GMC Publications
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781861088444
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Based mainly on the period styles of carving found in historic buildings and ancient ruins, this book features projects which include a mix of decorative and sculptural objects that can be easily displayed in the home or garden.
Cutting for Stone
Author: Abraham Verghese
Publisher: Random House India
Published: 2012-05-17
Total Pages: 391
ISBN-13: 8184001754
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Marion and Shiva Stone are twin brothers born of a secret union between a beautiful Indian nun and a brash British surgeon. Orphaned by their mother’s death and their father’s disappearance and bound together by a preternatural connection and a shared fascination with medicine, the twins come of age as Ethiopia hovers on the brink of revolution. Moving from Addis Ababa to New York City and back again, Cutting for Stone is an unforgettable story of love and betrayal, medicine and ordinary miracles—and two brothers whose fates are forever intertwined.
Designing Camelot
Author: James Archer Abbott
Publisher: International Thomson Publishing Services
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 282
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This exquisite book documents the extensive restoration of the White House under the Kennedy administration. It examines the physical transformation of America's premier residence from "home of the President" to house-museum". Kennedy enthusiasts, architects, interior designers, collectors, history buffs, preservationists, and White House watchers alike will covet this book. Full color throughout.
The White House
Author: Patrick Phillips-Schrock
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2015-03-21
Total Pages: 223
ISBN-13: 0786493305
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Formerly known as the President's House, then the Executive Mansion, and now for a long time the White House, this famous structure has a fascinating architectural history of ongoing change. The white painted facade of James Hoban's original structure has been added to and strengthened for more than 200 years, and its interior is a repository of some of America's greatest treasures. Artists such as Benjamin Latrobe, Pierre-Antoine Bellange, the Herter Brothers, Louis Tiffany, Charles McKim, Lorenzo Winslow, Stephane Boudin, Edward Vason Jones, and a host of others fashioned interiors that welcomed and inspired visitors both foreign and domestic. This meticulous history, featuring more than 325 photographs, diagrams and other illustrations, captures each stage of the White House's architectural and decorative evolution.
The White House in Miniature
Author: Gail Buckland
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9780393036633
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Yet while the White House remains one of the country's most popular tourist spots, most Americans will never have the opportunity to visit and experience the thrill of history in the making.".
Official Residences Around the World
Author: Abby Clouse-Radigan
Publisher:
Published: 2018-10
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781931917872
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Jefferson's White House
Author: James B. Conroy
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2019-10-23
Total Pages: 325
ISBN-13: 153810847X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →As the first president to occupy the White House for an entire term, Thomas Jefferson shaped the president’s residence, literally and figuratively, more than any of its other occupants. Remarkably enough, however, though many books have immortalized Jefferson’s Monticello, none has been devoted to the vibrant look, feel, and energy of his still more famous and consequential home from 1801 to 1809. In Monticello on the Potomac, James B. Conroy, author of the award-winning Lincoln’s White House offers a vivid, highly readable account of how life was lived in Jefferson’s White House and the young nation’s rustic capital.
