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Author/architects Norman and Ilene Tyler share with readers the thrill of discovering the historic significance of their house, referred to as “one of the finest Greek Revival houses in America.” The account begins dramatically with the day one of the four large columns unexpectedly fell, its capital shattered on the slate sidewalk. From this incident, they question how and where the elaborately crafted columns were fabricated during the earliest years of settlement in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
They visit sites of other similar nineteenth-century Greek Revival residences in western New York State, and continue their odyssey traveling to the first Greek Revival structures in England, and finally tracing the roots of their home to an ancient site they discover in Athens, Greece.
This well-illustrated book invites readers to trace the historic lineage of this single house over 2,500 years. The Tylers discover startling new interpretations of documented historical events that could change forever the understanding and source of the Greek Revival style.