"Not just the Cupola House and Tryon Palace, but tobacco barns, shotgun houses, textile factories, and railroad stations, too. A feast of North Carolina's historic structures that will stand as a definitive source for many years". -- Roy Parker Jr., contributing editor, Fayetteville Observer- Times Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Guide to the Historic Architecture of Western North Carolina

Central North Carolina boasts a rich and varied architectural landscape. This richly illustrated guide offers a fascinating look at the Piedmont's historic architecture, covering more than 2,000 sites in 34 counties. 535 illustrations.

This award-winning, lavishly illustrated history displays the wide range of North Carolina's architectural heritage, from colonial times to the beginning of World War II. North Carolina Architecture addresses the state's grand public and private buildings that have become familiar landmarks, but it also focuses on the quieter beauty of more common structures: farmhouses, barns, urban dwellings, log houses, mills, factories, and churches. These buildings, like the people who created them and who have used them, are central to the character of North Carolina. Now in a convenient new format, this portable edition of North Carolina Architecture retains all of the text of the original edition as well as hundreds of halftones by master photographer Tim Buchman. Catherine Bishir's narrative analyzes construction and design techniques and locates the structures in their cultural, political, and historical contexts. This extraordinary history of North Carolina's built world presents a unique and valuable portrait of the state.

"Jacob W. Holt, An American Builder"; "Good and Sufficient Language for Building"; "Black Builders in Antebellum North Carolina"; "Mr. Jones Goes to Richmond: A Note on the Influence of Alexander Parris's Wickham House"; "Philadelphia Bricks for New Bern Jail"; "'Severe Survitude to House Building': The Construction of Hayes Plantation House, 1814-17"; "The Montmorenci--Prospect Hill School: A Study of High-Style Vernacular Architecture in the Roanoke Valley"; "The 'Unpainted Aristocracy': The Beach Cottages of Old Nags Head"; "'A Strong Force of Ladies': Women, Politics, and Confederate Memorial Associations in Nineteenth-Century Raleigh"; "Landmarks of Power: Building a Southern Past, 1885-1915"; "Looking at North Carolina's History Through Architecture"; "Yuppies and Bubbas and the Politics of Culture in Historic Preservation"

The area now called Warsaw North Carolina has been settled since 1735. After having a variety of location names such as Mooresville, Duplin Depot and Warsaw Depot, it was incorporated as Warsaw in 1855. The book contains a brief history of Warsaw and photographs of eighty-five historic buildings in Warsaw and the surrounding area.Stroll down the rustic streets of Warsaw, North Carolina and see history right before your eyes. Elegant homes from days gone by. A classic example is the magnificent 112 year old L. P. Best home that houses the Duplin Veterans Museum today. Then take a short stroll to the Quinn-McNeill House and the F. L. Faison house. Includes eighty-five historical and unique structures relating to Duplin County history.