Roderic Blackburn has been engaged
in research and writing on the history, architecture, and arts of New
York State for over 30 years. Dozens of magazine articles and several
books relate to living in the upper Hudson River Valley and are
especially useful to those who have or will purchase a home here. Here
are vignettes from these publications selected for those interested in
our region. Also see (above) The Real Estate Reports
for Rod Blackburn's monthly column on the real estate market and advice
on buying, fixing, and selling properties.
*
A Visible Heritage, Columbia
County, New York: A History in Art and Architecture.
Ruth Piwonka and Roderic H. Blackburn. The Columbia County Historical
Society. 3rd printing. An extensively illustrated book showing many of
the fine period houses of the county as well as its arts, 17th-19th
centuries, letting pictures tell the story of the county's
history.http://www.blackdomepress.com/books/heritage.html
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* Dutch
Colonial Homes in America. Roderic H.
Blackburn; Geoffrey Gross, photographer (Rizzoli 2002). Wonderful color
photos of so many early houses, barns and other structures of New York
and New Jersey. The text gives the reader the tools to "read" early
houses; how they were built, altered and added to so as to accommodate
human needs and practical necessities.
* Great Houses
of New England.
Roderic H. Blackburn; Geoffrey Gross, photographer (Rizzoli 2008). A
score of the finest houses of New England, lavishly photographed and
described in the context of their historical style, the personality
which built them and what has happened to them. Famous mansions and
rediscovered masterpieces from 1715 to 1930 cover import
styles, architects and eccentrics too.
* Early New England
Houses.
Roderic H. Blackburn; Geoffrey Gross, photographer (Rizzoli 2009,
forthcoming). The earliest houses in New England (1640 and on) grew out
of an English post-medieval vernacular type brought to this region by
Puritan refugees from the religious intolerance of the Church of
England and King Charles I. This is a story of not just architecture,
but of a style of life, a deeply held faith, and the beginnings of
democratic institutions in America.
* Remembrance of Patria, Dutch
Arts and
Culture in Colonial America, 1609-1776.
Roderic H. Blackburn and Ruth Piwonka. Albany Institute of History and
Art (1988). A comprehensive look at life, art, architecture and
artifacts of living in Dutch America in the colonial period. Based on a
major exhibition.
These and other publications are
available from R. H. Blackburn & Associates Real Estate, just
contact us by phone (518 758-1788) or email (blackburn@berk.com)
