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    Virginia Savage McAlester

    VIRGINIA McALESTER, was educated at Radcliffe and attended the Harvard Graduate School of Design. She is a founding member and past president of Preservation Dallas and also of Friends of Fair Park, the support group for a National Historic Landmark. She serves as an advisor emeritus for the National Trust for Historic Preservation. She is the author of The Making of a Historic District: Swiss Avenue, Dallas, Texas, a 40-page booklet "how-to" published by the National Trust in 1975 that historic groups across the country have used as a guide in creating their historic districts. She is coauthor of The Homes of the Park Cities, Dallas: Great American Suburbs.
    A Field Guide to American Houses (Revised)
    A Field Guide to American Houses (Revised)
    The Definitive Guide to Identifying and Understanding America's Domestic Architecture
    Virginia Savage McAlester
    9780375710827
    $45.00 US
    Paperback
    Nov 10, 2015
    Knopf

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    A Field Guide to American Houses (Revised)
    A Field Guide to American Houses (Revised)
    The Definitive Guide to Identifying and Understanding America's Domestic Architecture
    Virginia Savage McAlester
    9780375710827
    $45.00 US
    Paperback
    Nov 10, 2015
    Knopf

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