Periods and Styles
Carpenter Gothic, Googie, Prairie, American Architecture, Architectural Styles Index, Architectural Styles of America, Bardwin Architectural Style Online Guide, Susan's Victorians
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-
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.
Built in America
The Library of Congress Historic American Buildings Survey and Historic American Engineering Record. Searchable database of images.
Digital Archive of American Architecture
Images of American architecture from 1620 to the present by Prof. Jeffery Howe of Boston College.
Historic American Building Survey and Historic Ame
An index of architectural and engineering sites organized by state, some with images.
How to Research Architecture
A beginner's guide by the New York Public Library, particularly relevant for users of that library and buildings in New York.
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.
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.
Paper Models of Buildings
Bruce Roffi displays his models of some historic American buildings alongside photographs and brief histories of the originals.
Researching the History of Your House
A bibliography and links provided by David L. Langenberg for the American Library Association's Reference and User Services Association, History Section.
The Architecture of Colonial New England and the S
Lecture and bibliography by Valerie Ann Polino of Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute on the development of architecture in Colonial America.
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.
The Lustron Connection
Ron Allen presents a history, registry and photograph gallery of Lustron steel homes built in the US between 1949 and 1950 for returning servicemen.
World Heritage Sites in the United States
The National Park Service and US/ICOMOS offer a list of sites of cultural and natural interest already nominated and waiting for review. Criteria for site nominations.