Description
This book focuses on the pre-World War II architecture of Oswego County, New York. Wellman argues that from the study of buildings we can glean much about the culture, technology, religion, and class structure of the society that constructed them. The book is organized in “tours,” rather than in chapters on different architectural types or time periods. Each tour collects a number of neighboring structures that can be visited during a single outing. The book includes summaries of various building styles and a glossary of technical terms for the lay reader. Descriptive sketches complement the county’s history laid out by the editor in the book’s preface and Paul Malo’s foreword.
About the Author
Judith Wellman is professor of history at the State University of New York, College at Oswego. She specializes in United States history, including state and local history, women’s history, and social history. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Virginia.
Paul Malo is professor of architecture at Syracuse University. Co-author of Architecture Worth Saving in Onondaga County and author of Landmarks of Rochester and Monroe County, he was president of the Preservation League of New York State and served on its Trustees’ Advisory Council.
Helen Moore Breitbeck is a freelance writer and a research consultant for the Heritage Foundation of Oswego specializing in historic preservation and local history. She received her Ph.D. from Syracuse University.
A native of Phoenix, New York, David M. Doody received a B.A. from Empire State College. For ten years he operated his own photography business. He now manages an audio-visual production company in Washington, D.C.
