Architecture
Architecture
Architecture
Architecture Links
- 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.
- The Historic Preservation Collection Illustrated essays on historic buildings in New York City and the State of Vermont, from majestic skyscrapers to rustic shelters. Written and photographed by Joanna Oltman.
- The Architecture of Colonial New England and the Southern Colonies Lecture and bibliography by Valerie Ann Polino of Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute on the development of architecture in Colonial America.
- American Architectural Foundation Nonprofit educational organization, based at the Octagon Museum, Washington. Grants and scholarships, education and programs, the Mayors' Institute on City Design.
- 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.
- 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.
- Built in America The Library of Congress Historic American Buildings Survey and Historic American Engineering Record. Searchable database of images.
- Lighthouse Heritage Includes National Park Service's Inventory of Historic Light Stations around the U.S., access information, preservation handbook, sources for research, lighthouse history features.
- Historic American Building Survey and Historic American Engineering Record An index of architectural and engineering sites organized by state, some with images.
- 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.
- 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.
- Paper Models of Buildings Bruce Roffi displays his models of some historic American buildings alongside photographs and brief histories of the originals.
- National Register of Historic Places Survey of every property or neighborhood recognized by the Federal Government as significant historically for its architecture, cultural importance or as an archaeological site, can be purchased on microfiche from Chadwyck-Healey.
- Digital Archive of American Architecture Images of American architecture from 1620 to the present by Prof. Jeffery Howe of Boston College.
- American Architecture: 1700 to 1799 Some of the famous buildings of eighteenth-century America featured in Great Buildings Online: images, architects, commentary and sources.
- 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.
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