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Newport Library Historic Preservation Collection

The East Row Historic Foundation believes that knowledge is the most powerful tool to save our historic architecture. With this in mind, begining in 2001 the East Row Historic Foundation made yearly donations of $500 to the Newport Library for the establishment of a Historic Preservation collection.

Stop by the Newport Library and check out the new Historic Preservation Collection. If you have any suggestions for books to add to the collection send them to rjyoder@fuse.net.

The titles of the books purchased this 2001 and 2002 are as follows:

  1. Historic Preservation: An Introduction to Its History, Principles, and Practice
  2. Victorian Gingerbread Patterns & Techniques
  3. The Power of Preservation, Restoring Old Houses
  4. Your Old House
  5. This Old House Sourcebook
  6. Conserving Buildings
  7. Roberts’ Illustrated Millwork Catalog
  8. Gaslighting in America
  9. Victorian Exterior Decoration
  10. Caring for Your Historic House
  11. Repairing Old and Historic Windows
  12. Fabrics for Historic Buildings
  13. Lighting for Historic Buildings
  14. Floor Coverings for Historic Buildings
  15. Field Guide to American Houses
  16. Victorian Dwellings for Village and Country
  17. Late Victorian Houses and Cottages
  18. Modern Architect
  19. Victorian Housebuilders Guide
  20. Victorian City & Country Houses
  21. American Victorian Cottage Homes
  22. Victorian Houses: A Treasury of Lesser Known Examples
  23. Bicknell’s Victorian Buildings
  24. Victorian Brick and Terra-Cotta
  25. Architecture in Full Color
  26. Victorian Domestic Architectural Plans and Details
  27. American Victorian Architecture
  28. Architect or Practical House Carpenter (1830)
  29. Victorian House Designs in Authentic Full Color
  30. Old House: Measured and Scaled Drawings for Builders & Carpenters
  31. Decorative and Ornamental Brickwork
  32. Plantation Houses and Mansions of the Old South, Plantations of the Carolina Low Country
  33. Cast Iron Architecture in NY
  34. Badger’s Illustrated Catalogue of Cast Iron Architecture
  35. Four Books of Architecture, Ten Books on Architecture
  36. Pictorial Encyclopedia of Historic Architectural Plans, Details and Elements
  37. Sturgis’ Illustrated Dictionary of Architecture and Building, 3 vol.
  38. Principals of Victorian Decorative Design
  39. Hints of Household Taste: The Classic Handbook of Victorian Interior Decoration, Opulent Interiors of the Gilded Age
  40. Turn-of-the-Century Doors, Windows and Decorative Millwork
  41. Mott’s Illustrated Catalog of Victorian Plumbing Fixtures for Bathrooms and Kitchens
  42. Ornamental Ironwork and Victorian Architectural Sheet-Metal Ornaments.
  43. Working Windows: A Guide to the Repair and Restoration of Wood Windows
  44. Historic Districts of America:
  45. The Art of Refinishing Hardwood Floors
  46. The Slate Roof Bible
  47. Bungalow Kitchens
  48. AnteBellum Architecture of Kentucky
  49. How to Build Wooden Gates and Picket Fences: 100 Classic Designs
  50. American Bungalow Style
  51. The Bungalow: America's Arts and Crafts Home
  52. Daughters of Painted Ladies
  53. The Painted Ladies Revisited: San Francisco's Resplendent Victorians Inside & Out
  54. Painted Ladies : San Francisco's Resplendent Victorians
  55. Victorian Doorways Stained Glass Pattern Book
  56. Victorian Wooden Molding and Frame Designs: The 1910 Morell Catalog
  57. Victorian Patterns and Designs in Full Color
  58. Ornamental Carpentry of Nineteenth-Century American Houses
  59. Victorian Stained Glass Pattern Book
  60. Victorian Stencils for Design and Decoration
  61. Walls & Molding: How to Care for Old & Historic Wood & Plaster
  62. Repairing Old and Historic Windows : A Manual for Architects and Homeowners
  63. America's Painted Ladies
  64. Caring for Your Old House : A Guide for Owners and Residents (Respectful Rehabilitation)
  65. Historic Preservation : Curatorial Management of the Built World
  66. Paint in America : The Colors of Historic Buildings
  67. The Investigation of Buildings: A Guide for Architects, Engineers, and Owners
  68. The Same Ax, Twice : Restoration and Renewal in a Throwaway Age
  69. Victorian : American Restoration Style
  70. Affordable Housing through Historic Preservation: A Case Study Guide to Combining the Tax Credits
  71. Preserving the Built Heritage: Tools for Implementation
  72. William Morris Full-Color Patterns and Designs