| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 250 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
A Bur oak book |
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Bur oak book.
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| Contents |
Foreword / Gregory L. Geoffroy -- Director's foreword / Lynette L. Pohlman -- Acknowledgments -- Tour of the Farm House Museum -- Origin and construction of the Farm House -- First residents of the Farm House -- First years of the college, 1869-1879 -- The Knapp years : sketches of nineteenth-century college life -- The Wilson and Curtiss years -- The final years of active use -- Restoration and museum -- Exterior restoration : one hundred forty years later, a facelift -- Appendix A: Brief architectural history of the Farm House -- Appendix B: Residents of the Farm House, chronological listing -- Appendix C: Residents of the Farm House, alphabetical listing -- Appendix D: Chronology of the Farm House -- Sources -- Index |
| Summary |
Now available for the first time in paperback, Farm House tells the story of the first structure built on the Iowa State University campus. Mary Atherly provides a comprehensive history of the Farm House from its founding days to its role as the center of activity for the new college to its second life as a welcoming museum visited by thousands each year. Construction on the little red brick house on the prairie began in 1860, two years after the state legislature passed a measure providing for the establishment of the State Agricultural College and Model Farm. In the 1860's, as the only |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Iowa State University. Farm House Museum.
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| SUBJECT |
Iowa State University. Farm House Museum fast |
| Subject |
EDUCATION -- Higher.
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ARCHITECTURE -- General.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Geoffroy, Gregory L.
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Pohlman, Lynette L.
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Shank, Wesley I., 1927-
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| ISBN |
9781587298875 |
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1587298872 |
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