VIRGINIA ARCHITECTURE VMA JOHN EVANS JOHNSON PLANTATION STAUNTON HILL UNOPENED

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VIRGINIA ARCHITECTURE VMA JOHN EVANS JOHNSON PLANTATION STAUNTON HILL UNOPENED:
$75.00

MORE TASTE THAN PRUDENCE – IN NEVER-OPENED ORIGINAL CLEAR WRAPPING. A wonderful addition to your architectural reference library. More Taste Than Prudence. A Study of John Evans Johnson, 1815-1870. An Amateur With Patrons. The Borderer Press, Chapel Hill, NC, 1983. Softcover, 8\" x 10 1/2\". 188 pages filled with wonderful black and white photographs, architectural details, maps, and room plans. This is the story of the discovery of John Evans Johnson, who may have been involved in the design of the Virginia Military Institute; who was the architect of Staunton Hill in Charlotte County, Va.; and possibly the architect of Berry Hill, the Greek Revival plantation house in Halifax County, Va., built for James Coles and Eliza Wilkins Bruce. The association with the Bruce family was long-lived. Bibliography, index, appendices. Excellent condition; CLEAR ORIGINAL CELLOPHANE; never unwrapped. Publisher: Chapel Hill: The Borderer Press, 1983 First edition. 4to; 188 pp.; illustrated from photographs and plans. Monograph on John Evan Johnson of Virginia, an amateur architect credited with building the Greek Revival house at the Berry Hill Plantation, as well as houses at Staunton Hill and Tarover. Scarce First edition. Listed elsewhere in used condition at $245.00 Please ask questions, as all sales are final. Please see my other sales. Thank you for looking.

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