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• 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.
  
• Morgan Log House, Towamencin, PA Brief history, description and visitor information on the 17th-century log house, home of Daniel Boone's grandparents.
  
• The German (Rhineland - Platinate) Farm History of German farms in the US, and their German roots, particularly a farm from the village of Hordt in the Rhineland-Palatinate (late 1600s), now in the Frontier Culture Museum, Virginia.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• Barn Again! Celebrating an American Icon Washington Commission for the Humanities describes this Smithsonian Institution's traveling exhibit on the history and architecture of the barn. Washington State tour schedule to August 2001.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• Hamilton, New York Descriptive itinerary by Colgate College Professor of Art and Art History, Eric Van Schaack.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• Vernacular House Forms in 17th-Century Plymouth Colony An analysis of evidence from room-by-room probate inventories 1633-1685.
  
• Sod Houses and Dugouts Illustrated essays on pioneer techniques of building houses from turf or hollowed out of rock, from Websteader SodHouses.
  
• Vernacular Architecture of the Ellett Valley, Virginia Study by the Department of Landscape Architecture at Virginia Tech. Photographs and commentary.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• Vernacular Architecture in Rural and Small Town Missouri: An Introduction Abstract of a book by Howard Wight Marshall, Professor of Art History and Archaeology, University of Missouri-Columbia. Information for ordering.
  
• 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.
  
• Historic Fort Klock Restoration A restored fortified homestead in the Mohawk Valley and site of a moved, restored Dutch barn.