New Orleans Architecture
Faubourg Tremé and the Bayou Road
Author: Mary Louise Christovich, Roulhac Toledano, Betsy Swanson and Robin Derbes Series: New Orleans Architecture
This volume focuses on the Bayou Road, which was lined with the country seats and residences of the city's earliest settlers.
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This volume focuses on the Bayou Road, which was lined with the country seats and residences of the city's earliest settlers.
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Focuses on the Bayou Road, which was lined with the country seats and residences of the city’s earliest settlers.
About the Author
An award-winning author of more than a dozen books, Roulhac B. Toledano is a prominent lecturer and an authority on historical architecture. She is the recipient of the American Institute of Architects International Book Award and works as an artist, writer, and preserver of historic American treasures. Betsy Swanson earned a bachelor of fine arts degree with distinction in art from Newcomb College in 1959 and was awarded the master of fine arts by Tulane University in 1966. She is a coauthor of New Orleans Architecture Volume II: The American Sector (pb) and a photographer for New Orleans Architecture Volume VI: Faubourg Tremè and the Bayou Road (pb). Ms. Swanson lives in Harahan, Louisiana.
"New Orleans is one of America's richest architectural possessions ... These architecture books lay a solid foundation in the field, are a great gift to general historians, and, as the authors hoped, have contributed immeasurably to the maintenance of extant architectural treasures." --The New Republic Faubourg Trem
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