WithTheRowHouseinWashington,DC,thearchitecturalhistorianandpreservationistAlisonHoaglandturnsthelucidprosestyleandkeenanalyticalskillthatcharacterizeallherscholarshiptothesubjectoftheWashingtonrowhouse.RowhouseshavelongbeenanimportantcomponentofthehousingstockofmanymajorAmericancities,predominantlyshelteringthemiddleclassescomprisingclerks,tradespeople,andartisans.InWashington,withitsplethoraofgovernmentworkers,theyarethedominanttypologyofthehistoricalcity.Hoaglandidentifiessixprincipalrowhousetypes--two-room,L-shaped,three-room,English-basement,quadrant,andkitchen-forward--anddocumentstheirwide-rangingimpact,assourcesofincomeandstatementsofattainmentaswellasdomicilesfornuclearfamiliesorboarders,homeownersorrenters,longtenancyorshortstays.Throughrestrictivecovenantsonsomehousesales,theyalsoillustratethepervasiveracismthathashauntedthecity.ThistopicalstudydemonstratesatoncethedistinctivecharacteroftheWashingtonrowhouseandthemanysimilaritiesitshareswithrowhousesinothermid-Atlanticcities.Inabroadersense,italsoshowshowurbandwellersrespondedtoachallengingconcatenationofspatial,regulatory,financial,anddemographiclimitations,providingahistoricalmodelfornew,innovativedesigns.PublicationofthisvolumewasassistedbyagrantfromFurthermore:aprogramoftheJ.M.KaplanFund.
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