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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Active Reading, Authenticity, Memory; 1: Background: A Work of Architecture and Its Contexts; 2: Building to Last: Church Roof, 1924; 3: Claiming Authorship: South Wall and South Tower, 1926; 4: Culture and Tourism: East Façade and North Tower, 1927; 5: Patronage and Questioning of Intentions: Hiatus, 1928; 6: Aesthetics as a Form of Preservation: Tower Completion, 1929; 7: The Long Term at Acoma: Initiatives and Results of the Work in the 1920s; 8: An American Monument: Two Ways of Seeing the Mission |
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Afterword: A Part of the EnvironmentAppendix: Participants in the 1920s Preservation Project at Acoma; Notes; References; Index; Back Cover |
| Summary |
"Built by Spanish Franciscan missionaries in the seventeenth century, the magnificent mission church at Acoma Pueblo in west-central New Mexico is the oldest and largest intact adobe structure in North America. But in the 1920s, in danger of becoming a ruin, the building was restored in a cooperative effort among Acoma Pueblo, which owned the structure, and other interested parties. Kate Wingert-Playdon's narrative of the restoration and the process behind it is the only detailed account of this milestone example of historic preservation, in which New Mexico's most famous architect, John Gaw Meem, played a major role."-- Provided by publisher |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Meem, John Gaw, 1894-1983.
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| SUBJECT |
Meem, John Gaw, 1894-1983 fast |
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San Estevan del Rey Mission Church (Acoma, N.M.)
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| SUBJECT |
San Estevan del Rey Mission Church (Acoma, N.M.) fast |
| Subject |
Adobe churches -- Conservation and restoration -- New Mexico -- Acoma Pueblo
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Spanish mission buildings -- Conservation and restoration -- New Mexico -- Acoma Pueblo
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ARCHITECTURE -- Historic Preservation -- General.
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ARCHITECTURE -- Regional.
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ARCHITECTURE -- Buildings -- Religious.
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Spanish mission buildings -- Conservation and restoration
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New Mexico -- Acoma Pueblo
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Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2012024068 |
| ISBN |
9780826352118 |
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0826352111 |
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1283621258 |
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9781283621250 |
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9786613933706 |
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6613933708 |
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