Homes in the Heartland : balloon frame farmhouses of the upper Midwest / Fred W. Peterson ; with a new preface.

Homes in the Heartland : balloon frame farmhouses of the upper Midwest /

Homes in the Heartland offers a captivating explanation of the revolutionary balloon frame house construction that swept across Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin from 1850 to 1920, enabling the settlers of the upper Midwest to establish frontier homes. Fred W. Peterson leads...

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Main Author: Peterson, Fred W.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2008.
Edition:1st University of Minnesota Press ed.
Series:Fesler-Lampert Minnesota heritage series.
Subjects:
Farmhouses > Middle West > Design and construction > History.
Balloon framing > Middle West > History.
Farmhouses > Middle West > History.
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