Historic buildings in the US: the study of them and their architects.
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Sites 9
- American Architecture: 1700 to 1799 Some of the famous buildings of eighteenth-century America featured in Great Buildings Online: images, architects, commentary and sources.
- American Jewish Sites Database The International Survey of Jewish Monuments provides a searchable database of information on historic Jewish sites in North America, including synagogues, cemeteries and houses.
- American Landscape and Architectural Design, 1850-1920 A collection of 2,800 lantern slides from the Harvard Graduate School of Design, housed by the Library of Congress. Views of cities, specific buildings, parks, estates and gardens.
- The Architecture of Colonial New England and the Southern Colonies Lecture and bibliography by Valerie Ann Polino of Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute on the development of architecture in Colonial America.
- Digital Archive of American Architecture Images of American architecture from 1620 to the present by Prof. Jeffery Howe of Boston College.
- Mission 66 Visitor Centers Christine Madrid discusses and illustrates the visitor centers built in US national parks 1956-1966 as examples of early modern, distinctly American architecture.
- The Evolution of the American Front Porch A study by Scott Cook with illustrations and a bibliography. Covers its origins, stylistic evolution, history and cultural significance.
- Historic American Building Survey and Historic American Engineering Record An index of architectural and engineering sites organized by state, some with images from the Library of Congress.
- National Register of Historic Places The official site provides a searchable database of properties on the Register, information on listing, virtual tours of historic sites, resources for teaching, and order form for its publications.