Ebook: Homes in the Heartland : Balloon Frame Farmhouses of the Upper Midwest
Author: Fred W. Peterson
- Tags: Farmhouses -- Middle West -- Design and construction -- History., Balloon framing -- Middle West -- History., Farmhouses -- Middle West -- History.
- Series: Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Book
- Year: 2008
- Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
- City: Minneapolis, United States
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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Homes in the Heartland offers a captivating explanation of the revolutionary balloon frame house construction that swept across Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin from 1850 to 1920, enabling the settlers of the upper Midwest to establish frontier homes. Fred W. Peterson leads readers through the technical aspects of farmhouse construction and discusses the social, economic, and aesthetic values of these familiar homes.
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