"Tom Crane's glorious photographs and Roger Moss's enthusiastic descriptions will get anyone with the slightest interest in history, architecture, or the decorative arts on the way to spending a week in the City of Brotherly Love to visit these handsome houses."—Maine Antique Digest
Roger W. Moss is Emeritus Executive Director of The Athenaeum of Philadelphia and retired Adjunct Professor of Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of a number of books, including The American Country House and Victorian Exterior Decoration. Tom Crane is a freelance photographer. His work has been featured in such publications as Architectural Digest, House Beautiful, and the New York Times. Together they collaborated on the book Historic Sacred Places of Philadelphia, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.
"A beautiful book of national architectural significance."
*Old House Journal*
"Abundant color photographs will make you want to visit them
all."
*House Beautiful*
"Tom Crane's glorious photographs and Roger Moss's enthusiastic
descriptions will get anyone with the slightest interest in
history, architecture, or the decorative arts on the way to
spending a week in the City of Brotherly Love to visit these
handsome houses. . . . It is a perfect house present and a treat
for hammock reading."
*Maine Antique Digest*
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