Michael Pulice. Deyerle Builders : Nineteenth - Century Brick Architecture in the Roanoke Valley and Beyond. Discovering the True Legacies of the Deyerle Builders. Historical Society of Western Virginia 2011 Hardcover in DJ Like New/Like New Unused. Quarto 188 pp
"Little is known about the architect and brick mason who built the Andrew Johnston House in 1829, but that is not true of other homes and buildings in the Roanoke and New River Valleys.
Pulice holds degrees from Radford University and Virginia Tech, and is an archaeologist and architectural historian. He currently works at the Virginia Department of Historic Resources Western Regional Office in Salem.
The Deyerles were a legendary family of builders and architects of the nineteenth century. Their story begins with Benjamin Deyerle, an architect, brick mason, and builder of brick homes and other structures in the Roanoke Valley. Other family members included his brother, David, half-brother, Joseph, and Joseph’s son, J.C.
David and J.C. expanded the family’s influence into Franklin County and the New River Valley. Nearby landmarks built by the Deyerles can still be seen in Christiansburg, Blacksburg and elsewhere in Montgomery County, as well as Pulaski County. Pulice’s book, Nineteenth-Century Brick Architecture in the Roanoke Valley and Beyond: Discovery the True Legacies of the Deyerle Builders, features many photographs of their work in our region. " Giles County Historical Society