Maine Cottages

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ISBN: 9781568983172
English edition
Princeton Architectural Press
Hardcover, 304 pages
22,9 x 30,5 cm
colour/black & white
May 2005
€38,00 (excl. VAT)

Maine Cottages

Fred L. Savage and the Architecture of Mount Desert

John M. Bryan

Mount Desert has been one of America’s favorite tourist destinations for over 150 years. As early as the 1840s, the lush landscape of this island on the Maine coast attracted artists and writers, who soon made Mount Desert’s beauty famous with their paintings and publications.

Fred Savage (1861–1924) was the most influential architect in the development of Mount Desert and northeastern Maine, designing over three hundred buildings. Richly illustrated with archival drawings, photographs, and newly commissioned color photography, Maine Cottages presents all of Savage’s most important works while placing the life and career of this architect in the larger context of Mount Desert.