The Architecture of William Nichols

The Architecture of William Nichols
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Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Total Pages : 584
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ISBN-10 : 9781626742918
ISBN-13 : 162674291X
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Book Synopsis The Architecture of William Nichols by : Paul Hardin Kapp

Download or read book The Architecture of William Nichols written by Paul Hardin Kapp and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2015-02-05 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Architecture of William Nichols: Building the Antebellum South in North Carolina, Alabama, and Mississippi is the first comprehensive biography and monograph of a significant yet overlooked architect in the American South. William Nichols designed three major university campuses—the University of North Carolina, the University of Alabama, and the University of Mississippi. He also designed the first state capitols of North Carolina, Alabama, and Mississippi. Nichols's architecture profoundly influenced the built landscape of the South but due to fire, neglect, and demolition, much of his work was lost and history has nearly forgotten his tremendous legacy. In his research onsite and through archives in North Carolina, Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi, Paul Hardin Kapp has produced a narrative of the life and times of William Nichols that weaves together the elegant work of this architect with the aspirations and challenges of the Antebellum South. It is richly illustrated with over two hundred archival photographs and drawings from the Historic American Building Survey.


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