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Nineteenth-Century Mormon Architecture and City Planning

Nineteenth-Century Mormon Architecture and City Planning

Hardcover

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ISBN10: 0195075056
ISBN13: 9780195075052
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Aug 24 1995
Pages: 352
Weight: 1.51
Height: 0.94 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
This book is the first comprehensive study of Mormon architecture. It centers on the doctrine of Zion which led to over 500 planned settlements in Missouri, Illinois, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Nevada, Canada, and Mexico. This doctrine also led to a hierarchy of building types from temples and tabernacles to meetinghouses and tithing offices. Their built environment stands as a monument to a unique utopian society that not only survived but continues to flourish where others have become historical or cultural curiosities. Hamilton's account, augmented by 135 original and historical photographs, provides a fascinating example of how religious teachings and practices are expressed in planned communities and architecture types.

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