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Kenneth Breisch

Historian focusing on architecture, Southern California and American public libraries and museums
  • Director, USC Programs in Historical Preservation
  • Adjunct associate professor, USC School of Architecture
Office: 213-740-4575

Expertise

  • history of architecture
  • vernacular architecture
  • historic preservation
  • history of American public libraries and museums
  • history of Southern California

Additional Information

  • Author of Henry Hobson Richardson and the Small Public Library in America: A Study in Typology (1997) and numerous articles in architectural books
  • Coeditor of Constructing Image, Identity, and Place: Perspectives in Vernacular Architecture (2003)
  • Member, board of directors, Society of Architectural Historians
  • Past member, board of directors, Vernacular Architecture Forum
  • Past member, City of Santa Monica Planning Commission