Kathryn Bishop Eckert is past state historical preservation officer for Michigan, active in several local and regional preservation organizations, and Michigan advisor for the National Trust for Historic Preservation. She is the editor of Buildings of Michigan (Oxford, 1993).
Geography, geology, architecture, and biography are joined to
create this detailed study of a region and the majestic sandstone
with which it was developed-rugged buildings for a muscular
landscape. Had Henry Hobson Richardson practiced in the Midwest,
this is what he would have built. Obviously, the men who designed
these handsome edifices are in his debt, as we are to the author of
this book.--Rochelle B. Elstein "Ph.D., Bibliographer, Northwestern
University Library"
Kathryn Bishop Eckert has given us a truly superb study of the
sandstone architecture of the Upper Great Lakes. She has traveled
the region, studied its buildings intensely, learned all the
necessary geology, and consulted all the relevant archives. Her
scholarship is first class, and her writing is lively. This book
will reward anyone who is interested in this remarkable part of the
United States."--Leonard K. Eaton "University of Michigan"
This text takes an unusual approach to the architectural history of
a region by looking at one building material-sandstone. Eckert
examines sandstone both as an industry, tracking significant
quarries, and also as an important element of the built landscape.
The scholarship is sound and the text is meticulously
researched."--Alison Hoagland "Michigan Technological University"
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