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| Format | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author, Analytic | Weaver, William W. |
| Title, Analytic | The Pennsylvania German House: European Antecedents and New World Forms |
| Journal Title | Winterthur Portfolio |
| Date of Publication | 1986 |
| Volume ID | 21 |
| Issue ID | 4 |
| Abstract | The object of this essay is to explore the German mind and spirit in order to explain the Pennsylvania German house. We will be dealing with attitudes; it should always be kept in mind that building materials was itself a language in folk architecture. The Pennsylvania German house was a symbol. Stone houses for instance projected a conscious achievement of status. In its evolution, the Pennsylvania German house, with its three- or four-room arrangement, rapidly developed a character of its own and found its greatest expression in Pennsylvania. |
| Call Number | MKI P98-27 |
| MKI Terms | Architecture/ Pennsylvania/ Culture |