Historic Houses of the South

by Southern Accents Press

Historic Houses Of The South. Hardcover. Published 1/1/1984.

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1984

Reviews

[Mary · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautiful book of twenty of the prettiest homes in the country. From Shadows on The Teche in Louisiana to Whitehall In Florida and Dunleith in Natchez Mississippi this is a beautiful representation of majestic homes.

[Ashley · Rating 3 out of 5]

I picked up this book hoping that it would give me a good sense of design principles suitable for homes in the heat & humidity of the South - definitely not the book for that. Arranged chronologically from the dates the houses were built, there’s a one page intro on the historical context of each house, followed by 2-5 full page spreads of mostly the interiors with descriptions of the period furnishings. You can tell the publisher loved the homes, although the language is a little verbose & bourgeois.