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Making a Hapgood better

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Tom Menard, builder, and Seth Leeb, architect, combined forces on an Arts and Crafts kitchen and dining area that serves modern needs while remaining consistent with Mountain Lakes architecture around 1912. They collaborated on sizable addition to Menard's Hapgood House and managed to overcome difficulties presented by the steep terrain.

Author: Fish, Marilyn
Publisher: Modernism Magazine
Publication Name: Style 1900
Subject: Humanities
ISSN: 1080-451X
Year: 2005
Design and construction, Kitchens, Interior designers, Menard, Tom

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Witness the simple life in Lancaster

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Lancaster is an inland city located in the southeast corner of Pennsylvania. Religious principles form the basis of its simplicity and its spirit of harmony, while its humility and respect for craftsmanship is linked with the secular Simple Life extolled by the Arts and Crafts activists.

Author: Fish, Marilyn
Publisher: Modernism Magazine
Publication Name: Style 1900
Subject: Humanities
ISSN: 1080-451X
Year: 2005
Public affairs, Pennsylvania, Religious aspects, Artisans, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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The quilts of Lancaster County

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The antique Amish quilts from Lancaster County are handmade, simple and functional. The craftsmen employ fine materials cut into a limited range of shapes for creating a simple and bold design language of the quilt.

Author: Fish, Marilyn
Publisher: Modernism Magazine
Publication Name: Style 1900
Subject: Humanities
ISSN: 1080-451X
Year: 2005
Decoration and finishing, Quilts, Amish, Amish quilts

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