The Sandstone Architecture of the Lake Superior Region (Great Lakes Books)

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"Kathryn Bishop Eckert studies this region as a built environment and examines the efforts of architects and builders to use local red sandstone. Eckert stresses the importance of the building materials as she explores the architectural history of a region whose builders wanted to reflect the local landscape.". "Architectural historians, cultural geographers, geologists, and historic preservationists will be interested in this book that illuminates the history behind sandstone architecture."--BOOK JACKET.