Comments on: ghosts along the mississippi http://beautyeveryday.com/2010/02/03/ghosts-along-the-mississippi/ southern beauty, creativity and food Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:49:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Roma Drysdale http://beautyeveryday.com/2010/02/03/ghosts-along-the-mississippi/comment-page-1/#comment-3366 Roma Drysdale Sun, 19 Sep 2010 21:21:53 +0000 http://beautyeveryday.com/?p=14025#comment-3366 I am from Brisbane, Australia. My father, who taught architecture at the University of Queensland, had this book over 60 years ago. It was lost when the Brisbane River flooded in 1974. It is so lovely to see this old book once more. I remember one old home in the book whose architecture was described as "Steamboat Gothic". I wonder - now - how many of those old homes are still standing. They would be worth restoring because of the enduring materials used, surviving floods, the Civil War and the elements. The Internet is an amazing place to visit - if you know where to look. And it is so refreshing to learn that this book is still available. I know there was a reprint of it in the early 1980's, but my father had the original book. Hopefully some of these old plantation mansions still exist and are able to be restored. Roma D. Drysdale I am from Brisbane, Australia. My father, who taught architecture at the University of Queensland, had this book over 60 years ago. It was lost when the Brisbane River flooded in 1974. It is so lovely to see this old book once more. I remember one old home in the book whose architecture was described as “Steamboat Gothic”. I wonder – now – how many of those old homes are still standing. They would be worth restoring because of the enduring materials used, surviving floods, the Civil War and the elements.

The Internet is an amazing place to visit – if you know where to look. And it is so refreshing to learn that this book is still available. I know there was a reprint of it in the early 1980′s, but my father had the original book.

Hopefully some of these old plantation mansions still exist and are able to be restored.

Roma D. Drysdale

]]> By: shari http://beautyeveryday.com/2010/02/03/ghosts-along-the-mississippi/comment-page-1/#comment-2559 shari Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:22:46 +0000 http://beautyeveryday.com/?p=14025#comment-2559 i just visited my family in charleston and these photos are reminding me of my trip. have you ever visited the aiken rhett house. it has been preserved but not restored and it's so amazing. i just visited my family in charleston and these photos are reminding me of my trip. have you ever visited the aiken rhett house. it has been preserved but not restored and it’s so amazing.

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