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American Architecture: 1700 to 1799
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Some of the famous buildings of eighteenth-century America featured in Great Buildings Online: images, architects, commentary and sources.
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American Jewish Sites Database
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The International Survey of Jewish Monuments provides a searchable database of information on historic Jewish sites in North America, including synagogues, cemeteries and houses.
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American Landscape and Architectural Design, 1850-1920
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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.
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Digital Archive of American Architecture
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Images of American architecture from 1620 to the present by Prof. Jeffery Howe of Boston College.
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Mission 66 Visitor Centers
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Christine Madrid discusses and illustrates the visitor centers built in US national parks 1956-1966 as examples of early modern, distinctly American architecture.
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Paper Models of Buildings
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Bruce Roffi displays his models of some historic American buildings alongside photographs and brief histories of the originals.
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The Lustron Connection
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Ron Allen presents a history, registry and photograph gallery of Lustron steel homes built in the US between 1949 and 1950 for returning servicemen.
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Built in America
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The Library of Congress Historic American Buildings Survey and Historic American Engineering Record. Searchable database of images.
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How to Research Architecture
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A beginner's guide by the New York Public Library, particularly relevant for users of that library and buildings in New York.
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National Register of Historic Places
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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.
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Researching the History of Your House
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A bibliography and links provided by David L. Langenberg for the American Library Association's Reference and User Services Association, History Section.
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The Architecture of Colonial New England and the Southern Colonies
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Lecture and bibliography by Valerie Ann Polino of Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute on the development of architecture in Colonial America.
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The Evolution of the American Front Porch
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A study by Scott Cook with illustrations and a bibliography. Covers its origins, stylistic evolution, history and cultural significance.
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World Heritage Sites in the United States
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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.
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