Search The Directory The Web for Home > Arts > Architecture > History > Vernacular > North America > United_States New! Submit a site   whatUseek Collection Sites (submit a site ):   Give your site great placement in this category in as little as two business days!     whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   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.   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.   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.   Clinton Campbell's/Thomas Maskell Store, Greenwich, N.J. - Cumberland County Government provides a photograph and brief history of this clapboard and shingle 1796-1803 store with later additions.   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.   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.   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.   Hamilton, New York - Descriptive itinerary 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.   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 -- 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.   La Purisima Mission, California State Historic Park - One of the most completely restored Spanish missions in California, with adobe buildings. Brief history, photograph and visitor information.   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.   Morgan Log House, Towamencin, PA - Brief history, description and visitor information on the 17th-century log house, home of Daniel Boone's grandparents.   Navajo Homes - Photographs and descriptions of traditional hogans and modern houses on the Navajo Reservation, by Victor Benally. Hosted by the National Indian Telecommunications Institute.   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.   St. Joseph Landmarks - Information to enhance the significance of the designated landmarks of St Joseph, Missouri, to encourage the appreciation of our heritage and to preserve the contributions of past generations.     [ 1 2 ] Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.   Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor

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