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With 160 photographs, Historic Houses of Philadelphia brings the region's most impressive museum homes to life. The only comprehensive readers' tour of the area's rich array of historic residences open to the public, the book is complete with maps, touring information, and historical notes on fifty distinctive homes. The spectacular homes included in the book range in location from Center City, Fairmount Park, and Germantown to Philadelphia outskirts along the Delaware River and into the western suburbs of a city built on history.

Produktbeschreibung
With 160 photographs, Historic Houses of Philadelphia brings the region's most impressive museum homes to life. The only comprehensive readers' tour of the area's rich array of historic residences open to the public, the book is complete with maps, touring information, and historical notes on fifty distinctive homes. The spectacular homes included in the book range in location from Center City, Fairmount Park, and Germantown to Philadelphia outskirts along the Delaware River and into the western suburbs of a city built on history.
Autorenporträt
Roger W. Moss is Emeritus Executive Director of The Athenaeum of Philadelphia and retired Adjunct Professor of Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of a number of books, including The American Country House and Victorian Exterior Decoration. Tom Crane is a freelance photographer. His work has been featured in such publications as Architectural Digest, House Beautiful, and the New York Times. Together they collaborated on the book Historic Sacred Places of Philadelphia, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.