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Author Shopsin, William C.

Title Preserving American mansions and estates / William C. Shopsin
Published New York : McGraw-Hill, [1994]
©1994

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Contents Ch. 1. Planning for the Future: Government and Private Owners. Survival. The Anglo-American Connection -- Ch. 2. Rustic and Wilderness Preservation. Great Camps. Current Threat. Preserving American Camps -- Ch. 3. Preservation of Open Land. Land Trusts -- Ch. 4. Government Role: Coming to Terms with Zoning and Environmental Concerns. Large Site Master Planning. Suburban Historic Districts and Zoning in the Preservation of Mansions and Estates. Resort Zoning -- Ch. 5. Conservation of the Historic Landscape. The Garden Story -- Ch. 6. Modern House Museums. Restoring Early Frank Lloyd Wright Houses -- Ch. 7. Adapting Mansions to Commercial and Residential Uses. Historic Inns: Changing Patterns of American Tourism. Attracting the Selective Guest. Community Cooperation. A Luxurious Spa. Restaurants and Catering Facilities. Apartments and Residential Developments. Recreational Uses of Mansions and Estates. Mansions as Corporate or Research Facilities
Ch. 8. Adapting Mansions to Suburban and Urban Cultural Facilities. Estates as Rural or Suburban Cultural Centers. Impact of Adaptive Reuses on Neighbors. Large Mansions as Urban Cultural Facilities -- Ch. 9. Preserving and Adapting Mansions. Surviving Mansions and Estates. Access
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Mansions -- Conservation and restoration -- United States -- Case studies.
Country homes -- Conservation and restoration -- United States -- Case studies.
Mansions -- Remodeling for other use -- United States -- Case studies.
Country homes -- Remodeling for other use -- United States -- Case studies.
LC no. 93046157
ISBN 0070570418