When the arts and crafts movement arrived in New England, sweeping away ornate Victorian building traditions, its expression was different than in the rest of the country. Here, the turn of the 20th century did not result in vast swaths of bungalows; New England architects did not look to reformers like Gustav Stickley and Irving Gill for their design inspiration. Instead, they looked east and modeled their new buildings after a medieval English tradition.
Maureen Meister of Winchester explains this and more in her new book: Arts & Crafts Architecture in New England. She profiles the 12 architects who formed the Society of Arts and Cra
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