Peabody & Stearns: Country Houses and Seaside Cottages

Peabody & Stearns: Country Houses and Seaside Cottages

A view of the resort and leisure architecture of one of the most popular and prolific firms of the Gilded Age.
Robert Swain Peabody and John Goddard Stearns Jr. led one of the most popular and prolific architectural design firms in the Northeast, securing more than one thousand commissions and building a vast and vibrant repertoire, from warehouses and town houses to retail stores, banks, schools, railroad stations, libraries, playhouses, and country houses.

This survey is the first of its kind to focus on the firmâ€™s country house commissions, offering a fascinating glimpse into the social and economic vitality that epitomized the eraâ€•one that gave rise to a robust clientele for resort architecture and second homes. Indeed, the economic developments of the time spurred a vast market for houses of recreation and leisure-time buildings, including casinos, boathouses, stables, gentlemenâ€™s farms, and cottages, all of which Peabody & Stearns had a leading role in creating. With this book, Annie Robinson establishes Peabody & Stearns as a significant contributor to the development of an American architecture in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

This comprehensive catalog showcases more than eighty of the firmâ€™s designs, from Pierre Lorillardâ€™s The Breakers in Newport, Rhode Island, to William Forbesâ€™s cottage on Cape Cod, James Ford Rhodesâ€™s Ravenscleft in Maine, and Charles William Eliotâ€™s Sunshine in Northeast Harbor, Maine. While the bulk of the firmâ€™s commissions were located in New England, notable works in the Middle Atlantic states and in the South and the West are also covered. Containing over two hundred illustrations, archival photographs, plans, and drawings, Peabody & Stearns tells the little-known story of the two men who formed a lasting architectural partnership, and displays the impressive collection of the homes across the country on which they left their imprint.
250 b/w & 25 color illustrations
Country USA
Brand W. W. Norton & Company
Manufacturer W. W. Norton & Company
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 250 black-and-white and 25 colour photog
ReleaseDate 2010-03-01
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780393732184

Country	USA
Brand	W. W. Norton & Company
Manufacturer	W. W. Norton & Company
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	250 black-and-white and 25 colour photog
ReleaseDate	2010-03-01
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780393732184

Peabody & Stearns: Country Houses and Seaside Cottages

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