99 HISTORIC HOMES OF INDIANA Hardcover Book Coffee Table Book

99 HISTORIC HOMES OF INDIANA A Look Inside Book. In excellent / like-new condition. See photos for details. Publisher ‏ : ‎ Indiana University Press; First Edition (October 1, 2002) Language ‏ : ‎ English Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 256 pages ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0253341450 ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0253341457 Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.75 pounds Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9 x 1.08 x 12 inches *All admirers of old home will will love this book. “Prior to this book project I wrote for the Indianapolis Star. I traveled throughout Indiana writing about people and situations I found interesting. On my long drives through the state, I’d pass old homes along country roads or around courthouse squares and wonder who lived in them, and why?

Indiana is blessed with a wealth of historic private homes. 99 of them are showcased in these pages, providing a rare opportunity for readers to enjoy a variety of house styles and types dating from the early 19th century through the late 1950s, and to see how they are preserved or restored, furnished, and lived in. 

Bill Shaw’s essays help us get to know the owners, revealing how and why they came to choose these particular dwellings. Marsh Davis’s photographs depict these homes as they are actually lived in. No props were used, no furniture was rearranged. It encompasses many styles of architecture, from early Federal and Greek Revival to Queen Anne to Arts and Crafts to Prairie and International.”