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This important volume. . . is richly illustrated with measured floor plans, paintings, and photographs. . . . Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above; general readers. - Choice

An important handbook to curators, scholars, and students in the field. . . . It is a seminal work in the field and will be referred to for years to come.--<i>Virginia Magazine</i>

[This] book transforms our understanding of Chesapeake region buildings . . . [It] should become an essential reference for anyone interested in early American architecture. <br>- Colonial Williamsburg

A remarkable book. Cary Carson and his colleagues have transformed the way architectural history fieldwork is performed and in the process have also changed our understanding of the early architecture of the Chesapeake. --Carter L. Hudgins, Clemson University

A tour de force of fieldwork, analysis, and synthesis, providing the most thorough and nuanced understanding of Chesapeake buildings available.-- Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography

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Cary Carson is retired vice president of the research division at Colonial Williamsburg.||Carl R. Lounsbury is senior architectural historian at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation and teaches history at the College of William and Mary

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