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The Main Line As Model, Edgar Adams

Architecture, Art, and Historic Preservation Faculty Publications

Using historical mapping this presentation examines the evolution of Ardmore Pennsylvania on Philadelphia's Main Line and compares it with more contemporary Transit Oriented Development on the West Coast.

Waite Potter House: Community Preservation Committee (Cpc) Application For Stabilization Of Stone-End Chimney, Anne W. Baker

Documentation

Project Submission Sheet submitted by Anne W. Baker to the Westport Community Preservation Committee (CPC) for the Stabilization of the the stone-end chimney from further deterioration. Submission date: 11/16/2006 - 4/12/2007

Waite Potter House: Community Preservation Committee (Cpc) Application For Waterproofing Of Restored Brick And Stone Chimneys, Anne W. Baker

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Project Submission Sheet submitted by Anne W. Baker on December 22, 2007 for the Waterproofing the Waite Potter restored brick and stone chimney.

The Plurality Of Truth In Culture, Context, And Heritage: A (Mostly) Post-Structuralist Analysis Of Urban Conservation Charters, Jeremy C. Wells

Architecture, Art, and Historic Preservation Faculty Publications

This paper analyzes international heritage conservation charters through the post-structuralist lens of relative and perspective-driven “truths,” fragmentation, and dramatic settings. The “SPAB Manifesto,” the Athens Charter, the Venice Charter, the Burra Charter, and the Nara Document on Authenticity are evaluated within the framework of discursive theories established by Michel Foucault, Jacques Derrida, Jürgen Habermas, and Gilles Deleuze in regard to cultural meanings and absolute and relative truths. Preservation doctrine through the Venice Charter engages in a positivist truth based on the substantiation of material fetishes. These early doctrines imbue the materiality of the object with truth as an absolute rather …

Mott House: Chapter 13 Of Collecting Houses By Anne W. Baker, Anne W. Baker

Documentation

Anne W. Baker describes the significance of the Mott House in her book Collecting Houses: 17th Century Houses 20th Century Adventures. Published in 2003.

Samson House: Baker's Architectural Report For The Isaac Barker House And Brownell House, 1999

Documentation

Anne Baker's Architectural Report for the Isaac Barker House, located in Tiverton, RI and the Brownell House, located in Portsmouth, RI. The report offers architectural specifications, drawings, photographs, and floor plans. The last section details the reconstruction of the Barker and Brownell Houses for Hugh Samson at 43 Rockbridge Farm Rd., Little Compton, RI.

Wartime Housing From 1917-1918 And Its Place In The American Planning Tradition, Edgar Adams

Architecture, Art, and Historic Preservation Faculty Publications

The housing and town planning contributions of the Emergency Fleet and United States Housing Corporations from 1917-1918.

Mott House: Baker Correspondence To Brown University Grants Office, Anne W. Baker

Documentation

Letter of Inquiry sent by Anne Baker to Joseph A. Burnette, Jr., Brown University's Grants Office concerning a copy of James Deetz report on an historical archaeological dig at Mott Farm in the summer of 1973.

Mott House: Architectural Change In Colonial Rhode Island: The Mott House As A Case Study, Dell Upton

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A case study of the history of the Mott House formerly located on the west shore of Aquidneck Island in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. When it was systematically dismantled in 1973, Dell Upton had the opportunity to study the history of the structure's complexity.

Dell Upton. Architectural Change in Colonial Rhode Island: The Mott House as a Case Study. Published in Old-Time New England Mass.: Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, Volume 69, Number 255 (Winter/Spring, 1979).

Vincent House: Dukes County Intelligencer, August 1978. Special Edition On The Vincent House

Documentation

This August 1978 publication of the Duke's County Intelligencer focused on The Vincent House and provides an excellent explanation of the field archaeology investigation done at the original site in 1977, the architectural features of the Vincent House, and documentation about the Vinson/Vincent family. Articles included: "The Project" by C. Stuart Avery, "Architecture Restoration" by Anne W. Baker, "The Archaeology" by Myron Stachiw, and "The Family" by Mabel Keniston Baker.

Document link from the Martha's Vineyard Museum: https://mvmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/1978-C-Aug.pdf

Samson House: Archaeological Excavations And Recording At The Brownell House

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Completed by Myron Stachiw in January, 1978, this report describes the archaeological excavation at the Brownell House on West Main Road, Portsmout, RI. Includes maps, excavation processes, and artifacts found.

Samson House: Letter From Architect Joseph L. Nichols To Hugh Samson, July 29, 1977

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Letter notes a detailed inspection by Nichols and Anne Baker done on July 28, 1977 of two properties -- the Brownell House located at 94 West Main Road in Portsmouth, RI and the Isaac Barker House located at 536 Highland Road in Tiverton, RI. Architectural appraisal of the 2 houses ad the changes to each house over the years.

Samson House: Newport Daily News, August 25, 1977

Documentation

Newspaper article describing the dismantling of the Brownell House. The Brownell House was possibly the Island's oldest house on West Main Rd in Portsmouth. Hugh Samson had the house dismantled and restored/re-assembled in Little Compton, RI.

Mott House: Portsmouth Rhode Island, Dell Upton

Documentation

Paper presented by Dell Upton on the Mott House and early New England architecture at the convention of the Society for Historical Archaeology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, January 8, 1976.

Mott House: Daily Record, Steve Tyson

Documentation

Steve Tyson's daily work record of the dismantling of the Mott House in Fall 1973. Tyson was hired by Baker to lead the work being done in preserving the Mott House and uncovering its history.

Comprehensive City Demonstration Program, Third Action Year, City Of Pawtucket, Ri

RWU E-Books

Cover title: Pawtucket Model Cities, 1972-1973: Third Action Year Plan

Comprehensive City Demonstration Program, Second Action Year, City Of Pawtucket, Ri

RWU E-Books

Cover Title: Model Cities Program: Second Action Year Plan, 1971-1972