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Raising the Roof: A History of the Buildings and Architecture in the Saugatuck and Douglas Area - Softcover
Synopsis
The collection of buildings that make up the Saugatuck and Douglas area, are woven together into a unique visual and social fabric, into the threads of which are enmeshed our historical memory. The purpose of the book is to first define and describe what is good about Saugatuck and Douglas architecture and second, to show how "reading" buildings is a way of connecting with our past.
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About the Author
A professor of history at Central Michigan University James Schmiechen is also co-chairman of the museum committee of the Saugatuck-Douglas Historical Society. He was also curator of the exhibit that this book describes and expands. He is the author of a textbook on social history and the author of The British Market Hall, A Social and Architectural History, published in 1999 by Yale University Press.
Review
Raising the Roof has received the Michigan Museum Association's gold "design excellence" award for 1999. It was designed by Ken Carls. -- Michigan Museum Association
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- PublisherSaugatuck-Douglas Historical Society
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0965704270
- ISBN 13 9780965704274
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages142
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Raising the Roof: A History of the Buildings and Architecture in the Saugatuck and Douglas Area
Published by
Saugatuck-Douglas Historical Society, 1999
ISBN 10: 0965704270
ISBN 13: 9780965704274
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Raising the Roof: A History of the Buildings and Architecture in the Saugatuck and Douglas Area
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Saugatuck-Douglas Historical Society, Douglas, MI, 1999
ISBN 10: 0965704270
ISBN 13: 9780965704274
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Raising the Roof: A History of the Buildings and Architecture in the Saugatuck and Douglas Area
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Saugatuck-Douglas Historical Society, Douglas, MI, 1999
ISBN 10: 0965704270
ISBN 13: 9780965704274
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