Tolles, Bryant Franklin, 1939-

Summer by the seaside : the architecture of New England coastal resort hotels, 1820-1950 / Bryant F. Tolles, Jr. - Hanover : University Press of New England, c2008. - xxii, 231 p. : ill. (some col.), maps, plans ; 29 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-222) and index.

Introduction: the American resort hotel and its expression on the New England coast -- Connecticut: the Long Island Sound shoreline -- Rhode Island: Narragansett Bay, Watch Hill, And Block Island -- Massachusetts: the South Shore, Cape Cod, and the islands -- Massachusetts: the North Shore -- New Hampshire: the beaches,New Castle, and the Isles of Shoals -- Maine: from kittery to Cape Elizabeth -- Maine: from Casco Bay to New Brunswick.

9781584655763 (cloth : alk. paper)


Hotels--History--New England--19th century.
Hotels--History--New England--20th century.
Resort architecture--New England.
Hotels--Atlantic Coast (U.S.)--Guidebooks.

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