Monuments to Money

Architect and writer Charles Belfoure lives in Westminster, Maryland. He is the coauthor of The Baltimore Rowhouse.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgements      Preface      Introduction      1. The Early Republic: Neo-Classicism and the Federal Style      2. The Jacksonian Age: The Greek Revival      3. The Gilded Age: Victorian Eclecticism      4. The Turn of the Century: The Classical Revival      5. The Early Moderns: Sullivan and the Prairie School      6. The Great Depression: Modern Classicism      7. Postwar Prosperity: Modernism      8. The Twenty-First Century: Financial Department Stores      9. New Uses for Banks      Notes      Selected Bibliography      Index

“banks were built impressively...to convince customers their investments were solid and their savings secure...provides many photos and line drawings”—C&RL News.