Architecture of Middle Georgia: The Oconee Area [ The Land that Is Oconee, The First Georgians, Early Settlers and Indigenous Architecture, Oconee Federal and Transitional Architecture, Greek Revival Architecture of the Antebellum Era, From Indigenous TwoStory House to Greek Revival Mansion, Antebellum Grounds Interior and Diverse Architectural Styles, Victorian Architecture After , The Classic Revival, Toward a New Architecture, Baldwin County, Hancock County, Jasper County, Johnson County, Putnam County, Washington County, Wilkinson County, Maps, Story Book Summers at Connemara Farm, Connecticut Yankees Made Georgia's Early Clocks, Writer Brown Returns to Hancock, Joel Harris Shy, Enigmatic, Pierce Chair Inaugurated,Oxford

Linley, John ; Blanch Marsh, Floyd Jillson, Vinnie Williams, Ron Taylor, Don McLeod, Louise Thrash, Olive E. Allen, Olive Ann Burns, Keith Coulbourn, Mrs. J. H. Trawicki, Mary Lane, Steve Deal, John Pennington,

ISBN 10: 0820302953 / ISBN 13: 9780820302959

Published by [Athens] University of Georgia Press [1972], 1972

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194 p. illus. 31 cm. LCCN 72188569 ; ISBN 9780820302959, 0820302953 ; OCLC 570803 ; LC NA730.G4 L56 Dewey 720/.958 ; brown cloth with worn, photographic dustjacket ; numerous newspaper articles, including "Story Book Summers at Connemara Farm" by Blanch Marsh, "Connecticut Yankees Made Georgia's Early Clocks", with photos by Floyd Jillson, "Writer Brown Returns to Hancock", by Vinnie Williams, "Joel Harris Shy, Enigmatic", by Ron Taylor, "Pierce Chair Inaugurated, Oxford, Ga", "The Good Earth: Land Was the Big Lure for Early United States Settlers", by Don McLeod, "Uncle Remus Lives and Brer Rabbot Survives Thorny Issue" by Ron Taylor, "Old Hancock Co. History", by E. F. T., "Georgia Plates: The Transylvania Club Has Put Sandersville On the Map" by Louise Thrash, Bells Ring in Memories" by Olive E. Allen, "The Waddell House: A Bit of History From Three Homes in One", "The Ghosts of Samandka Make a Lot of Noise" by Olive Ann Burns, "The Mackay House: A Historical Mistake?" by Keith Coulbourn, "Linton: The Town That Refuses to Die" by Mrs. J. H. Trawicki, "Papa and the Generation Gap" by Mary Lane, photography by Steve Deal, "Is Ossabow on Death Row?" by John Pennington, "Restoration of Rock Mill" by Vinnie Williams, also includes three printed cards showing notable structures in Sparta, Georgia: Hancock County Court House (1882), Rossiter-Little house (circa 1797), Clinch Terrace (circa 1925), a Georgia antique dealers' directory from 1972-73, and two original cyanotype photos of the Rockby School for Boys, near Sparta, Georgia. This school, which is now a derelict ruin, has been described as follows 'Richard Malcolm Johnston, lawyer, educator, and author, operated Rockby, a school for boys revolutionary in its day. Disgusted with the harsh disciplinary methods of the time, Johnston instituted an honor system whereby students were expected to report their own misdemeanors. His system of discipline, "at once so liberal and so exacting," worked remarkably well, and Rockby enjoyed wide patronage. Opened in Jan., 1862, the school prospered until after the Civil War. Johnston left Ga. in 1867 under the social and financial pressures of Reconstruction and reopened his school as Pen Lucy School in Baltimore, Md. Forty Ga. boys followed their teacher to Md. and Pen Lucy continued in the Rockby tradition for about six years. Financial distress in Ga. later curtailed Johnston's main supply of boarding pupils, and, finding his honor system less effective when applied to day pupils with whom the teacher had limited contact, he finally closed the school. Johnston's best-known literary work, Dukesborough Tales, was inspired by his own experiences. In his autobiography he identified Powelton, Hancock County, Ga., as "Dukesborough."', Contents: The Land that Is Oconee -- The First Georgians -- Early Settlers and Indigenous Architecture -- Oconee Federal and Transitional Architecture -- Greek Revival Architecture of the Antebellum Era -- From Indigenous TwoStory House to Greek Revival Mansion -- Antebellum Grounds Interior and Diverse Architectural Styles -- Victorian Architecture After -- The Classic Revival -- Toward a New Architecture -- Baldwin County -- Hancock County -- Jasper County -- Johnson County -- Putnam County -- Washington County -- Wilkinson County -- Maps -- Notes ; "The middle Georgia area-including Baldwin, Hancock, Jasper, Johnson, Putnam, Washington, and Wilkinson Counties-is a vast living museum of classic southern architecture. First published in 1972, this sweeping survey remains one of the best books on the topic, covering primitive, Gothic, Greek Revival, and Victorian styles, and beyond. John Linley's descriptions of the diverse structures of the Oconee area are illustrated with more than three hundred photographs and representative floor plans. Fine architecture, as Linley shows, is greatly influenced by climate and geography, by the natural resources of the region"; some foxing, else VG/G.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Architecture of Middle Georgia: The Oconee Area [ The Land that Is Oconee, The First Georgians, Early Settlers and Indigenous Architecture, Oconee Federal and Transitional Architecture, Greek Revival Architecture of the Antebellum Era, From Indigenous TwoStory House to Greek Revival Mansion, Antebellum Grounds Interior and Diverse Architectural Styles, Victorian Architecture After , The Classic Revival, Toward a New Architecture, Baldwin County, Hancock County, Jasper County, Johnson County, ...
• Publisher: [Athens] University of Georgia Press [1972]
• Publication Date: 1972
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0820302953
• ISBN 13: 9780820302959
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Book Type: Book

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Synopsis

Book by Linley, John

About the Author

John Linley was a professor of landscape architecture at the University of Georgia from 1963 to 1986. He is also the author of The Georgia Catalog: Historic American Buildings Survey (Georgia).