Back of the Big House: The Cultural Landscape of t
On-line version of an exhibition on slave life by George Washington University Professor John Michael Vlach. Photographs and descriptions of slave cabins.
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.
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.
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.
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.
French Emigre Architecture in Jefferson County, N.
Claire Bonney provides photographs, descriptions and floor plans for ten 19th-century stone buildings in Jefferson County, and traces their roots to French emigration to northern New York State.
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.
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.
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.
Historic Fort Klock Restoration
A restored fortified homestead in the Mohawk Valley and site of a moved, restored Dutch barn.
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.
Jualpa Mine Camp Rehabilitation Project -- Histori
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.
Morgan Log House, Towamencin, PA
Brief history, description and visitor information on the 17th-century log house, home of Daniel Boone's grandparents.
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.
Sod Houses and Dugouts
Illustrated essays on pioneer techniques of building houses from turf or hollowed out of rock, from Websteader SodHouses.
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.
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.
The Vernacular Architecture of Hamilton, New York
An illustrated description by Colgate College Professor of Art and Art History, Eric Van Schaack.
Vernacular Architecture in Rural and Small Town Mi
Abstract of a book by Howard Wight Marshall, Professor of Art History and Archaeology, University of Missouri-Columbia. Information for ordering.
Vernacular Architecture of the Ellett Valley, Virg
Study by the Department of Landscape Architecture at Virginia Tech. Photographs and commentary.
Vernacular House Forms in 17th-Century Plymouth Co
An analysis of evidence from room-by-room probate inventories 1633-1685.