Mary Colter Architect of the Southwest,9781568983455

Mary Colter Architect of the Southwest

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ISBN13: 9781568983455
ISBN10: 156898345X
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2002-03-27
Publisher(s): Princeton Architectural Press
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Summary

Mary Colter may well be the best-known unknown architect in the world: her buildings at the Grand Canyon National Park-which include Lookout Tower, Hopi House, Bright Angel Lodge, and many others-are admired by almost five million visitors a year. This extraordinary book about an extraordinary woman weaves together three stories-the remarkable career of a woman in a man's profession during the late 19th century; the creation of a building and interior style drawn from regional history and landscape; and the exploitation, largely at the hands of the railroads, of the American Southwest for leisure travel.

Author Biography

Arnold Berke is Senior Editor, Preservation/The National Trust for Historic Preservation and lives in Washington D.C.

Alexander Vertikoff is the cover photographer for American Bungalow and lives in Sedillo, New Mexico.

Table of Contents

Drawn by the Desert: ``An Incomprehensible Woman in Pants''
7(16)
The Early Years and the American Arts and Crafts
23(16)
Colter Meets Harvey
39(44)
The Grand Canyon Period
83(44)
Hotel Architect
127(60)
Return to Grand Canyon
187(40)
Serving the Traveler
227(48)
The Colter Legacy: ``After Me Cometh a Builder''
275(18)
Notes 293(17)
Bibliography 310(4)
Illustration credits 314(1)
Index 315(5)
Acknowledgments 320

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