Glenhill Farm the history of a family estate : as revealed in the correspondence between Brognard Okie and Ernst and Mary Behrend /
By 1930, having developed a highly successful business, the innovative paper manufacturer Ernst Behrend and his wife Mary purchased a number of existing houses and farms to give them sufficient acreage to create a large estate. In 1948 this property became a campus of Penn State University. Known as...
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| Formato: | Licensed eBooks |
| Idioma: | inglês |
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Erie, Pennsylvania :
Penn State Erie, the Behrend College,
[2019]
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Sumário:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1. First Correspondence: Hiring an Architect
- 2. Architect and Client: Making Plans and Decisions
- 3. Building the Residence
- 4. Construction of the Outbuildings and Chapel
- 5. The Economics of Glenhill Farm
- 6. Life at Glenhill in the 1930s
- 7. The Late Correspondence
- 8. A New Beginning and Lasting Legacy
- Bibliography
- Photo and Illustration Credits
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author