Survey of architectural history in Cambridge.
1989
NA735.C28 S87 1988eb
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Title
Survey of architectural history in Cambridge.
Edition
Second edition.
ISBN
0262368005 (electronic bk.)
9780262368001 (electronic bk.)
0262530783
9780262530781
9780262368001 (electronic bk.)
0262530783
9780262530781
Published
Cambridge, Mass. : Cambridge Historical Commission : MIT Press, 1989.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource : illustrations, maps.
Call Number
NA735.C28 S87 1988eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
720/.9744/4
Summary
This series, called the Survey of Architectural History in Cambridge, was among the first inventories of its kind in America.Shortly after the Cambridge Historical Commission was established it embarked on the task of surveying Cambridge's architectural resources. The Commission published five reports, from 1964 to 1977, on each area of the city. This series, called the Survey of Architectural History in Cambridge, was among the first inventories of its kind in America. This new edition of East Cambridge, the first report, appears at a time when the neighborhood is experiencing increasing development pressures, making it a particularly valuable resource on the area's history and growth for residents, planners, and outside investors. Although its primary focus remains architectural, the second edition includes the results of extensive primary source research on the district's colonial history, industrial development, and social history. It breaks new ground by correlating city directory and census data with the types of workers' housing built in the period from 1820 to 1870. Development is not new to East Cambridge. Established on an isolated island in the salt marshes opposite Boston in 1809, it became the first part of Cambridge to undergo industrial expansion and attracted great numbers of immigrants during the mid-nineteenth century. The substantial Federal brick houses built on speculation by the Lechmere Point Corporation gave way to modest workers' cottages in the early 1820s. This building type soon became characteristic of the community densely populated, working class, with a distinctive architecture that still largely survives.
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Added Author
Maycock, Susan E., 1943-
Added Corporate Author
Cambridge Historical Commission.
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