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Vernacular Architecture in Rural and Small Town Missouri: An Introduction Abstract of a book by Howard Wight Marshall, Professor of Art History and Archaeology, University of Missouri-Columbia. Information for ordering. Vernacular House Forms in 17th-Century Plymouth Colony An analysis of evidence from room-by-room probate inventories 1633-1685. Sod Houses and Dugouts Illustrated essays on pioneer techniques of building houses from turf or hollowed out of rock, from Websteader SodHouses. The Vernacular Architecture of Hamilton, New York An illustrated description by Colgate College Professor of Art and Art History, Eric Van Schaack. Hancock Shaker Village An outdoor history museum of Shaker life in western Massachusetts. Twenty original buildings and historic working farm are used to interpret the life of America's most successful communitarian society. Morgan Log House, Towamencin, PA Brief history, description and visitor information on the 17th-century log house, home of Daniel Boone's grandparents. Huguenot Street Historic District, New Paltz, NY A virtual visit to the oldest continuously inhabited street in America with its original houses, from Hudson Valley Network. Barn Again! Celebrating an American Icon Description from the Indiana Humanities Council of a Smithsonian Institution traveling exhibition exploring the architecture and uses of the barn. Tour schedule in Indiana 2001-2. Grottos of the Midwest Susan A. Niles of Lafayette College explains and illustrates this distinctive folk building tradition. These structures are built of concrete studded with glass, stone, ceramics, and sometimes whole objects. Back of the Big House: The Cultural Landscape of the Plantation On-line version of an exhibition on slave life by George Washington University Professor John Michael Vlach. Photographs and descriptions of slave cabins. |
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