Date of Award
1995
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Curl, Donald W.
Abstract
The architecture of the Bahamas was affected by the influx of fleeing American loyalists to that country in the late 1700s. They imported the Georgian style of architecture to the Bahamas popular in southern America's colonial towns. Fallacies over the exact nature of many Bahamian structures have dominated many discourses on this subject. By tracing the direct line of influence, using old, colonial structures these mistakes can be rectified. The loyalists managed to reshape the Bahamian capital of Nassau and develop many of the small Out Islands. Although their influence lasted only a short while, the loyalists altered the nature of the identity of the Bahamian people.
Extent
169 p.
Recommended Citation
Whidden, Astrid Melzner, "influences of the American loyalists on Bahamian architecture" (1995). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1990 - 1999. 787.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_4/787
Identifier
FADT15148
Comments
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1995.|Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters