Download or read book Southern Built written by Catherine W. Bishir and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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"