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“Faire Un Maison: Carpenters In Ste. Genevieve, 1750-1850”, Bonnie Stepenoff
“Faire Un Maison: Carpenters In Ste. Genevieve, 1750-1850”, Bonnie Stepenoff
The Confluence (2009-2020)
While we tend to think of the log cabin as the quintessential American frontier residential structure, there were other versions that came from different immigrant groups, including those created by master carpenters seen in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri.
“Everything May Yet Turn Out All Right”: An Architect’S Adventures In 1939-40 Europe, Miranda Rectenwald
“Everything May Yet Turn Out All Right”: An Architect’S Adventures In 1939-40 Europe, Miranda Rectenwald
The Confluence (2009-2020)
When Washington University sent young architect Victor Gilbertson to Europe to study church architecture in 1939, officials knew a war was brewing. What they didn’t realize was that Gilbertson would end up in the middle of the start of a global conflict. His correspondence to and from St. Louis suggests the perils of a young architect.