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An important contribution to the field of American architectural history focusing on Seattle in the 1880s and 1890s

Table of Contents

Preface

1. Introduction: Seattle and the Nineteenth Century American Architecture

2. Pre-Fire Seattle: Architects and Architecture

3. The Fire and Its Aftermath: Technology, Construction, and Design

4. The Architectural Context: The Influence of Richardson and the Romanesque Revival

5. The New Commercial Core: Architecture for a Metropolitan Center, 1889-1895

6. A City of Neighborhoods: The Network of Public Institutions, 1889-1895

7. Creating a Civic Presence: Willis Ritchie and the Architecture of Public Buildings

8. Toward the Turn of the Century: Seattle After 1895

Appendix: Known Buildings of Seattle's Major Post-Fire Architects, 1880-1895

Notes

Index

About the Author

Jeffrey Karl Ochsner is professor of architecture at the University of Washington; among his previous publications is H. H. Richardson: Complete Architectural Works. Dennis Alan Andersen , formerly in charge of photographs and architectural drawings in the Special Collections Division of the University of Washington Libraries, is a longtime historic preservation advocate and currently a Lutheran pastor. Both are authors in Shaping Seattle Architecture: A Historical Guide to the Architects.

Reviews

"This book makes a significant contribution to the history of American architecture by studying carefully a major American city at a time when architecture and cities in this country were entering the modern era. Moreover, this book is a fine piece of local history that rests on solid scholarship." - Francis R. Kowsky, Buffalo State College "An important contribution to the field of American architectural history." - Kenneth A. Breisch, University of Southern California