| Description |
1 online resource (301 pages) : illustrations (some color), 1 map |
| Contents |
1. Foundations -- Savage's ancestor's and Mount Desert -- Artists and tourism on Mount Desert -- Recreation, education, and moral development -- Rusticators come to Northeast Harbor -- Savage's architectural training -- The earliest drawings by Savage -- 2. Northeast Harbor, Islesboro, and the shingle style -- Savage and Stratton, architects -- The shingle style -- Savage's early work in Northeast Harbor -- Stylistic diversity -- The Islesboro cottages -- 3. Bar Harbor and the end of the cottage era (1900-1924) -- Savage's later work in the historical revival styles -- The preservation movement on Mount Desert -- Savage's public buildings -- The city beautiful movement in Bar Harbor -- Fred L. Savage, automobile dealer -- The twilight of Savage's architectural career -- Savage's estate |
| Summary |
Mount Desert has been one of America's favorite tourist destinations for over 150 years. As early as the 1840s, the lush landscape of this island on the Maine coast attracted artists and writers, who soon made Mount Desert's beauty famous with their paintings and publications. The stream of tourists that began traveling to the island after the Civil War prompted a building boom of cottages, hotels, and various buildings in Bar Harbor and other towns in the vicinity. Fred Savage (18611924) was the most influential architect in the development of Mount Desert and northeastern Maine, designing ov |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 296-297) and index |
| In |
Springer e-books |
| Subject |
Savage, Fred L., 1861-1924 -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Savage, Fred L., 1861-1924. cct |
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Savage, Fred L., 1861-1924 fast |
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Cottages -- Maine -- Mount Desert Island
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Architecture -- Maine -- Mount Desert Island -- History
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ARCHITECTURE -- Buildings -- Residential.
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HOUSE & HOME -- Design & Construction.
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Architecture -- Maine -- Mount Desert Island -- 20th century.
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Cottages -- Maine -- Mount Desert Island.
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Cottages -- Monts-Déserts, Île des (Me.)
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Architecture -- Monts-Déserts, Île des (Me.) -- 19e siècle.
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Architecture -- Monts-Déserts, Île des (Me.) -- 20e siècle.
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Architecture -- Maine -- Mount Desert Island -- 19th century.
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Architecture
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Cottages
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Maine -- Mount Desert Island
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Savage, Fred L., 1861-1924.
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Cheek, Richard.
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| ISBN |
9781568986494 |
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1568986491 |
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9786611116774 |
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661111677X |
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