Homes in the Heartland : Balloon Frame Farmhouses of the Upper Midwest.

By: Peterson, Fred WMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage BookPublisher: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2008Copyright date: ©2008Description: 1 online resource (312 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780816656707Subject(s): Balloon framing -- Middle West -- History | Farmhouses -- Middle West -- Design and construction -- History | Farmhouses -- Middle West -- HistoryGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Homes in the Heartland : Balloon Frame Farmhouses of the Upper MidwestDDC classification: 728/.60977 LOC classification: TH4920 -- .P48 2008ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface to the Paperback Edition -- Introduction -- 1 The Balloon Frame Structural System -- 2 A Typology for Balloon Frame Farmhouses in the Upper Midwest -- 3 Settlement and Shelter -- 4 Farmhouse Types 1 and 2: What Makes a House a Home? -- 5 Farmhouse Types 3 and 4: A Vernacular Aesthetics -- 6 Farmhouse Types 5 and 6: Style, Substance, and Community -- 7 Farmhouse Types 8 and 9: Consolidation and Standardization -- 8 Farmhouse Type 10: Rural Images of Success -- 9 Conclusion: Bricks, Balloon Frames, and Hi-Tech -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
Summary: Homes in the Heartland offers a captivating explanation of the revolutionary balloon frame house construction that swept across Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin from 1850 to 1920, enabling the settlers of the upper Midwest to establish frontier homes. Fred W. Peterson leads readers through the technical aspects of farmhouse construction and discusses the social, economic, and aesthetic values of these familiar homes.
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Intro -- Contents -- Preface to the Paperback Edition -- Introduction -- 1 The Balloon Frame Structural System -- 2 A Typology for Balloon Frame Farmhouses in the Upper Midwest -- 3 Settlement and Shelter -- 4 Farmhouse Types 1 and 2: What Makes a House a Home? -- 5 Farmhouse Types 3 and 4: A Vernacular Aesthetics -- 6 Farmhouse Types 5 and 6: Style, Substance, and Community -- 7 Farmhouse Types 8 and 9: Consolidation and Standardization -- 8 Farmhouse Type 10: Rural Images of Success -- 9 Conclusion: Bricks, Balloon Frames, and Hi-Tech -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.

Homes in the Heartland offers a captivating explanation of the revolutionary balloon frame house construction that swept across Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin from 1850 to 1920, enabling the settlers of the upper Midwest to establish frontier homes. Fred W. Peterson leads readers through the technical aspects of farmhouse construction and discusses the social, economic, and aesthetic values of these familiar homes.

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