Historic Architecture and Landscapes of Georgia: The Hubert Bond Owens and John Linley Image Collections at the Owens Library

Suggested Readings

Suggested Readings

  • Andrews, Wayne. American Gothic: Its Origins, Its Trials, Its Triumphs. 1st ed. New York: Random House, 1975.
  • Beck, Lewis H. Historic Gardens of Georgia. Griffin, Ga.: Southern States Printing Co., 1942.
  • Bonner, James C. A History of Georgia Architecture, 1732-1860. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1964.
  • Bremer, Fredrika. The Homes of the New World: Impressions of America. London: A. Hall, Virtue & Co., 1853.
  • Caldwell, Wilber W. The Courthouse and the Depot: The Architecture of Hope in an Age of Despair: A Narrative Guide to Railroad Expansion and Its Impact on Public Architecture in Georgia, 1833-1910. Macon, Ga.: Mercer University Press, 2001.
  • Calloway, Stephen and Elizabeth Cromley, eds. The Elements of Style: A Practical Encyclopedia of Interior Architectural Details, from 1485 to the Present. Rev. ed. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996.
  • Chapman, William. The Madison Historic Preservation Manual: A Handbook for Owners and Residents. Madison, Ga.: The Commission, 1990?

    Also available online: http://www.madisonga.com/DocumentCenter/View/214/Preservation-Manual_Introduction-and-Contents?bidId=

  • Cooney, Loraine M., comp. and Hattie C. Rainwater, ed. Garden History of Georgia, 1733-1933. Atlanta: The Peachtree Garden Club, 1933.
  • Downing, Andrew Jackson. The Architecture of Country Houses. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1853.
  • _____. A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening, Adapted to North America. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1841.
  • Early, James. Romanticism and American Architecture. New York: A.S. Barnes, 1965.
  • Fanning, Ralph Stanlee. “The Classical Revival in the South.” Georgia Review. 8 (Spring) : 52-60.
  • Fein, Albert. Frederick Law Olmsted and the American Environmental Tradition. New York: G. Braziller, 1972.
  • Fitch, James Marston. American Building. 2nd ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1966. v. 1-2.
  • Georgia Department of Natural Resources. Georgia's Living Places: Historic Houses in their Landscaped Settings. Atlanta: Historic Preservation Section, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, 1991.
  • Georgia/Architecture. Atlanta, Ga.: Georgia Association, American Institute of Architects, 1990-
  • Gleason, David K. Antebellum Homes of Georgia. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1987.
  • Gournay, Isabelle, Paul G. Beswick, and Gerald W. Sams. AIA Guide to the Architecture of Atlanta. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1993.
  • Hamlin, Talbot. Greek Revival Architecture in America: Being an Account of Important Trends in American Architecture and American Life Prior to the War Between the States. London and New York: Oxford University Press, 1944.
  • Hammett, Ralph W. Architecture in the United States: A Survey of Architectural Styles Since 1776. New York: Wiley, 1976.
  • Hubbard, Henry Vincent and Theodora Kimball. An Introduction to the Study of Landscape Design. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1929.
  • Jeane, D. Gregory and Douglas Clare Purcell. The Architectural Legacy of the Lower Chattahoochee Valley in Alabama and Georgia. University: Published for the Historic Chattahoochee Commission by the University of Alabama Press, 1978.
  • Kelso, William M. Captain Jones's Wormslow: A Historical, Archaeological, and Architectural Study of an Eighteenth-century Plantation Site Near Savannah, Georgia. Athens : University of Georgia Press, 1979.
  • Lane, Mills. Architecture of the Old South. Georgia. Savannah, Ga.: Beehive Press, 1986.
  • Linley, John. The Georgia Catalog, Historic American Buildings Survey: A Guide to the Architecture of the State. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1982.
  • _____. Architecture of Middle Georgia: The Oconee Area. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1972.
  • Maass, John. The Gingerbread Age: A View of Victorian America. New York: Rinehart, 1957.
  • Martin, Van Jones and William R. Mitchell. Classic Savannah: History, Homes, and Gardens. Savannah: Golden Coast Pub. Co., 1987.
  • _____. Landmark Homes of Georgia, 1733-1983: Two Hundred and Fifty Years of Architecture, Interiors, and Gardens. Savannah: Golden Coast Pub. Co., 1982.
  • Meier, Lauren G. Historic Landscape Directory: A Source Book of Agencies, Organizations, and Institutions Providing Information on Historic Landscape Preservation. Washington, D.C.: The Division, 1991.
  • Merritt, Carole and Carolyn S. Brooks. Historic Black Resources: A Handbook for the Identification, Documentation, and Evaluation of Historic African-American Properties in Georgia. [Atlanta, GA]: Historic Preservation Section, Georgia Dept. of Natural Resources, 1984.
  • Messick, Denise P., J. W. Joseph, and Natalie Adams. Tilling the Earth: Georgia's Historic Agricultural Heritage - A Context. Atlanta: Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Historic Preservation Division, 2001.
    Also available online: http://purl.galileo.usg.edu/govdview/govdimag.cgi?page=1&path=dbs/2001/ga/n200%5Fph5/m1/2001/t5/elec%5Fp%5Fbtext.con/
  • Mitchell, William R. and James R. Lockhart. J. Neel Reid: Architect of Hentz, Reid & Adler and the Georgia School of Classicists. [Savannah : Golden Coast Pub. Co.], 1997.
  • Mumford, Lewis. Roots of Contemporary American Architecture. New York: Reinhold, 1952.
  • _____. Sticks and Stones: A Study of American Architecture and Civilization. New York: Dover Publications, 1955.
  • Nichols, Frederick Doveton. The Architecture of Georgia. Savannah: Beehive Press, 1976.
  • _____. The Early Architecture of Georgia. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1957.
  • Olmsted, Frederick Law, Jr., ed. and Kimball, Theodora, ed. Frederick Law Olmsted, Landscape Architect, 1822-1903. New York: Blom, 1970.
  • Owens, Hubert B. Georgia's Planting Prelate. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1945.
  • _____. Personal History of Landscape Architecture in the Last Sixty Years, 1922-1982. Athens: University of Georgia Alumni Society, 1983.
  • Perkerson, Medora Field. White Columns in Georgia. New York: Rinehart, 1952.
  • Powell, Antoinette Paris. Bibliography of Landscape Architecture, Environmental Design, and Planning. Phoenix: Oryx Press, 1987.
  • Reid, J. Neel and James H. Grady. Architecture of Neel Reid in Georgia. [Athens]: University of Georgia Press, 1973.
  • Roth, Leland M. Understanding Architecture, Its Elements, History, and Meaning. New York: Icon Editions, 1993.
  • Scully, Vincent Joseph. The Shingle Style and the Stick Style: Architectural Theory and Design from Richardson to the Origins of Wright. Rev. ed. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1971.
  • Seals, Sonny, and George Hart. Historic Rural Churches of Georgia. Athens: The University of Georgia Press published in association with Georgia Humanities, 2016.
  • Smith, Joseph Frazer. Plantation Houses and Mansions of the Old South. New York: Dover, 1993.
  • Spector, Tom, and Susan Owings-Spector. The Guide to the Architecture of Georgia. Columbia, S.C.: University of South Carolina Press, 1993.
  • Southern Cultivator. Augusta, GA: J.W. & W.S. Jones. (Also known as Southern Cultivator and Dixie Farmer and Southern Cultivator. Publishers vary.)
  • Stanton, Phoebe B. The Gothic Revival & American Church Architecture: An Episode in Taste, 1840-1856. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1968.
  • Waugh, Edward, and Waugh, Elizabeth. The South Builds; New Architecture in the Old South. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1960.