| Directory > Arts > Architecture > History > Vernacular > North America > United States New World Dutch Barn Survey 2000
Private survey of Dutch barns in the Mohawk and Schoharie Valleys. Mission statement, photographs
and field journal, plus links to Dutch barn and vernacular architecture sites.
http://www.nwdb2000.org
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Dutch Barn Preservation Society
A not-for-profit educational organization for the study and preservation of New World Dutch barns.
Prints a newsletter twice a year with the latest findings on Dutch barns.
http://www.schist.org/dbps.htm
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Dog Trots, Saddlebags and Shotguns
An illustrated article from Florida Heritage Magazine on Florida's vernacular architecture. Plans
and photographs of log-cabins and cottages, bibliography.
http://www.flheritage.com/magazine/spring96/samp_art.html
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Survey of Columbus, New Mexico
Survey by New Mexico State University of the historic buildings of Columbus for the National Park
Service. Photographs and history.
http://web.nmsu.edu/~publhist/columbus.htm
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Taos Pueblo, New Mexico
This well-preserved group of adobe houses is thought to date from before 1400. A photograph and
description of this World Heritage site from the US National Park Service.
http://www.cr.nps.gov/worldheritage/taos.htm
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Death of a Dream
Explores the rise and fall of Midwestern farmhouses, and the literature they inspired. Also
examines the cost of advances in agriculture. From PBS.
http://www.pbs.org/ktca/farmhouses/
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Historic Architecture of Blacksburg, Virginia
On-line version of a slide show by Gibson Worsham. A text version is available for downloading.
Hosted by Special Collections of the University Libraries, Virginia Tech.
http://spec.lib.vt.edu/bicent/slides/ssintro.htm
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Coffee Shacks of Anchorage, Alaska
A visual catalog of the semi-permanent espresso shacks that help keep Alaskans buzzing,
photographed by Brian T. Meacham. Expandable thumbnail photographs.
http://meachams.com/brian/photo/coffee/index.html
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Vernacular Architecture of the Ellett Valley, Virginia
Study by the Department of Landscape Architecture at Virginia Tech. Photographs and commentary.
http://www.lar.arch.vt.edu/Resources/courses/LAR-4144/Ellett_Valley/intro_ellett.html
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Jualpa Mine Camp Rehabilitation Project -- Historic Structures Report
Structural analysis and rehabilitation of buildings in the Gold Creek area, Alaska, that grew out
of a gold rush in the 1880s. Hosted by Juneau Public Library.
http://www.juneau.lib.ak.us/history/Jualpa_Mine/struct.htm
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Historic Fort Klock Restoration
A restored fortified homestead in the Mohawk Valley and site of a moved, restored Dutch barn.
http://www.fortklock.com
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Magnolia Mound Plantation, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
A rare example of the architectural influences of early settlers from France and the West Indies.
One of Louisiana's oldest wooden structures, of bousillage construction.
http://asterix.ednet.lsu.edu/~anderson/magnolia/mmp.html
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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.
http://www.gwu.edu/~folklife/bighouse
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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.
http://ww2.lafayette.edu/~niless/awsthome.htm
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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.
http://www.ihc4u.org/barn.htm
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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.
http://www.hvnet.com/museums/huguenotst/
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Morgan Log House, Towamencin, PA
Brief history, description and visitor information on the 17th-century log house, home of Daniel
Boone's grandparents.
http://www.fieldtrip.com/pa/53682480.htm
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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.
http://www.hancockshakervillage.org/old/about.html
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The Vernacular Architecture of Hamilton, New York
An illustrated description by Colgate College Professor of Art and Art History, Eric Van Schaack.
http://www.colgate.edu/scene/sept1997/architecture.html
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Sod Houses and Dugouts
Illustrated essays on pioneer techniques of building houses from turf or hollowed out of rock, from
Websteader SodHouses.
http://websteader.com/wbstdsd1.htm
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Vernacular House Forms in 17th-Century Plymouth Colony
An analysis of evidence from room-by-room probate inventories 1633-1685.
http://www.people.virginia.edu/~jfd3a/Plymouth/folkhouse.htm
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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.
http://muextension.missouri.edu/xplor/miscpubs/mp0688.htm
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