Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. Acknowledgments IX
4. Foreword XIII
5. Introduction 1
6. I. Academic Eclecticism: The Question of Style 9
7. II. Training: London, New York, Paris 40
8. III. San Francisco: The Modern Cosmopolis 67
9. IV. Transition: A Few Young Men 82
10. V. Coxhead and Polk: The Rustic City House 107
11. VI. Coxhead and Polk: Rustic Suburban and Country Houses 142
12. VII. Coxhead and Polk: Large City and Country Houses 189
13. VIII. Coxhead and Polk: Civic Projects 221
14. IX. Schweinfurth: The Cause of Regional Expression 258
15. X. At the Turn of the Century: The New San Francisco 296
16. XI. Maybeck: The Struggle for Brief Moments of Eternal Conciliation 312
17. Notes 357
18. Bibliography 401
19. List of Buildings and Projects 419
20. Index 445