Author: David Butterfield; Maureen Devanik Butterfield
Title: If Walls Could Talk: Manitoba's Best Buildings Explored and Explained
Description: Winnipeg: Great Plains Publications, 2000. Paper bound, oblong quarto, illustrated throughout, Pp127. Includes appendix with various information. Tight and unmarked - a very good or better copy. 510 grams. From the blurb on the rear cover: Who built the grotto at Cooks Creek? Where did the Electric Railway Chambers Building get its name? That's the oldest building in Manitoba? If you've ever wondered what makes a building unique or beautiful, this is the book for you. Maureen and David Butterfield have assembled drawings, photos and anecdotes illustrating the histories of seventy of Manitoba's most interesting buildings, including a chapter on how to research the history of your own home or office. This book is a must read for anyone with an interest in where we live. David Butterfield is the province's official Architectural Historian and has studied and written on nearly every outstanding building in the province. Maureen Devanik Butterfield is a Web publisher and editor who founded The Renovator magazine. We welcome all reasonable offers on our books.

Keywords: Architecture Manitoba History 9781894283113


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