ARCHITECTURE, HISTORIC HOMES & GARDENS

Architecture and Artifacts of the Pennsylvania Germans: Constructing Identity in Early America
This new work explores the relationship between ethnicity and the buildings, personal belongings, and other cultural artifacts of early Pennsylvania German immigrants and their descendants. Cynthia G. Falk, 2008, 242 pp, hardcover, $45.00, member price $40.50

Barns, Sheds & Outbuildings: Placement, Design and Construction
This reprint of an 1881 book of plans and instructions for building barns, poultry houses, piggeries, carriage houses, dog kennels, bird houses, smoke houses, and root cellars, with charming illustrations. A great resource for identifying old structures. Byron D. Halsted, ed., reprinted 1994, 236 pp, $14.00, member price $12.60

Buyer’s Guide to Older and Historic Homes
From the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Richard Wagner, 32 pp, $12.00, member price $10.80

Caring For Your Old House: A Guide for Owners and Residents
This informative book from the National Trust for Historic Preservation offers practical advice for the "respectful rehabilitation" of old homes. Advice offered includes: inspecting a house for purchase, what to expect, eneregy conservation methods, hiring professionals, and ongoing maintenance. Judith L. Kitchen, 1991, 207 pp, $29.95, member price $26.95

The Florist’s Manual for Cultivators of Flowers (1833)
One of the earliest American publications on horticulture written for the lay person. The manual helped its readers identify flowers by smell, size, shape, and color, and provided information on planting, requirements, pruning, dwarfing, as well as myths and poems associated with certain flowers. Illustrations also are featured. H. Bourne, reprint of the 1833 ed., hardcover, 288 pp, $17.95, member price $16.15

Garden Notes of an Artist: The Garden Journals of Helen L. Smith
Beautiful works of art by the artist herself accompany this compilation of her garden journals. Tasker’s Chance Garden Club, 2005, $25.00, member price $22.50

Houses and Homes: Exploring Their History
This book provides historians and homeowners with research techniques and a historical framework to help them compose a house history. From insights into previous occupants’ lives to questions about the house’s construction, it guides the reader through sources of information about residential structures, written records, oral testimonies, visual sources, and the house’s surroundings. Also explored are American building patterns, individual characteristics of houses of different regions, construction techniques and materials, technology and family life styles. Barbara J. Howe and others, 1997, 168 pp, $19.95, member price $17.95

Identifying American Architecture
A useful reference filled with illustrations and vivid descriptions. A great resource for study or to carry. John J.G. Blumenson, 1981, 128 pp, $16.95, member price $15.25

Identifying American Furniture
A handy reference with concise descriptions and illustrations. Milo Naeve, 1998, 108 pp, $14.95, member price $13.45

The Language and Sentiment of Flowers
This beautifully illustrated Victorian era book is a floral dictionary that unlocks the secret language used in the 19th century. James D. McCabe, 2003 reprint, hardcover, 96 pp, $12.95, member price $11.65

Pre-1800 Houses of Frederick County Volume I, Ballenger to Frederick
Ann Lebherz & Mary Margrabe, 1998, $19.95, member price $17.95

Pre-1800 Houses of Frederick County Volume II, Hauvers to Middletown
Ann Lebherz & Mary Margrabe, 2000, $19.95, member price $17.95

Pre-1800 Houses of Frederick County Volume III, Mount Pleasant to Woodville
The final volume in the series features images and historical context for over 175 historic properties in nine election districts including Mount Pleasant, New Market, Petersville, Thurmont, Tuscarora, Urbana, Walkersville, Woodsboro and Woodville. Also included are brief histories of communities located in the districts and descriptions of notable historic landmarks. This volume (unlike the previous two) features color photographic images of most houses and related sites. Ann Lebherz, Mary Margrabe & Sarah Drenning, 2002, $39.95, member price $35.95
 
Pre-1800 Houses of Frederick County SET: Volumes I, II & III—The complete series.
$72.00, member price $64.80

Preservation Information Booklet: The New Old House Starter Kit
From the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Richard Wagner, AIA, $6.00, member price $5.40

What Style Is It? A Guide to American Architecture
A portable, easy-to-use guide to identifying American architecture on teh road or in your own community. Includes helpful photos and line drawings, a concise illustrated glossary, and other information on 22 major styles of architecture from the past 300 years. John C. Poppeliers & S. Allen Chambers Jr., 2003 revised edition, 152 pp, $19.95, member price $17.95

Family Workshop Series: Kids Create-a-Quilt
Saturday, September 11
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon
Museum of Frederick County History

Lecture: "Living in the Middle:" Maryland and the Six Iroquois Nations
Saturday, September 14
7:00 p.m.
Museum of Frederick County History

History Symposium: Slavery in Maryland
Friday, September 17
90:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Evangelical Lutheran Church Schaeffer Center

Band Box Workshop
Saturday, September 25
12:00 noon - 3:00 p.m.
Roger B. Taney House

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