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| Format | Dissertation |
|---|---|
| Creator | Koop, Michael H. |
| Title | An analysis of German-Russian houses in South Dakota based on their origin, form and materials |
| Dissertation Note (type -- academic institution) | University of Wisconsin-Madison, M.A. Thesis (Landscape Architecture) |
| Date | 1989 |
| Extent of Work | viii, 198 leaves : illustrations, maps, plans ; 29 cm |
| View Online | https://minds.wisconsin.edu/handle/1793/34399 |
| Abstract | "South Dakota's German-Russian houses represent an unusual synthesis of German, Russian-Ukrainian, and other western European architectural features. Their domestic architecture developed through an integration of specific morphological prototypes expressed in the form, scale, function, and materials of each building. Unlike many other ethnic cultures, German-Russians were accustomed to the harsh environment and relatively flat, treeless prairie plains landscape, which is topographically similar to the steppes of southwestern Russia. Using indigenous resources in a region notorious for inadequate building materials, the settlers erected sturdy clay, stone, and wood frame residences, churches, and outbuildings in both rural and community settlings. . . . [S]ince many of South Dakota's German-Russians and the Germanic people of Pennyslvania and Virginia originally came from the same region in Europe, it would be beneficial to compare house forms of the two groups. Additional comparative studies might include an examination of rural vs. village dwellings, and how South Dakota's German-Russian houses are similar to or different from German-Russian residential architecture in Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, and portions of Colorado and Canada."-- Conclusion, leaves 92-95. |
| Notes | Typescript. Bibliography: leaves 185-198. OCLC: 20969715 |
| MKI Annotation | Copy also available in UW-Madison Libraries. |
| Donated by | William Tischler |
| Call Number | MKI Dissertations Koop |
| MKI Terms | Landscape Architecture/ South Dakota/ German Americans |