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Title Stewards of memory : the past, present, and future of historic preservation at George Washington's Mount Vernon / edited by Carol Borchert Cadou ; with Luke J. Pecoraro and Thomas A. Reinhart.

Publication Info. Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2018.
©2018

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Description 1 online resource
Physical Medium polychrome
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Summary "This book focuses on historic preservation issues at George Washington's Mount Vernon"-- Provided by publisher
Note Includes index.
Contents New history in old buildings : architectural research and public history in the Chesapeake / Carl R. Lounsbury -- "Distinguished by the name of the new room" : reinvestigation and reinterpretation of George Washington's grandest space / Thomas A. Reinhart and Susan P. Schoelwer -- "We have done very little investigation there; there is a great deal yet to do" : the archaeology of George Washington's Mount Vernon / Luke J. Pecoraro -- Mount Vernon's historic building information management system : digital strategies for preservation in the twenty-first century / Robert L. Fink, Thomas A. Reinhart, and Alyson Steele -- Stepping up and saving places : case studies in whole place preservation / George W. McDaniel -- The dangers of preserving while popular : the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association's image of Mount Vernon versus contemporary architecture / Lydia Mattice Brandt -- Saving Mount Vernon, in black and white : toward an alternative history of historic preservation / Scott E. Casper -- Mount Vernon and America's historic house museums : old roles and new responsibilities in the preservation of place / Carter L. Hudgins.
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Subject Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Homes and haunts -- Virginia -- Mount Vernon (Estate)
Washington, George, 1732-1799.
Virginia -- Mount Vernon (Estate)
Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Homes and haunts -- Virginia -- Mount Vernon (Estate)
Mount Vernon (Va. : Estate)
Historic sites -- Conservation and restoration -- Virginia -- Mount Vernon (Estate)
Historic sites -- Conservation and restoration.
Historic preservation -- Virginia -- Mount Vernon (Estate) -- Case studies.
Historic preservation.
Genre/Form Case studies.
Electronic books.
Case studies.
Added Author Cadou, Carol Borchert, editor.
Pecoraro, Luke J., editor.
Reinhart, Thomas A., editor.
Other Form: Print version: Stewards of memory. Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2018 9780813941516 (DLC) 2018019167 (OCoLC)1050455447
ISBN 9780813941516 (electronic book)
0813941512 (electronic book)
9780813941530 (electronic book)
0813941539 (electronic book)
9780813941523
0813941520