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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.
- http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/
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Built in America - The Library of Congress Historic American Buildings Survey and Historic American Engineering Record. Searchable database of images. - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/habs_haer/    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. - http://www2.lib.udel.edu/subj/hist/resguide/house-bib.htm 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. - http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CLASS/am483_97/projects/cook/first.htm 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. - http://home.earthlink.net/~ronusny/ 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. - http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/spe/art/artarc/archit/arch.html Paper Models of Buildings - Bruce Roffi displays his models of some historic American buildings alongside photographs and brief histories of the originals. - http://www.langlab.wayne.edu/models/buildings.html 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. - http://www.mission66.com/ 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. - http://www.cr.nps.gov/worldheritage/ Historic American Building Survey and Historic American Engineering Record - An index of architectural and engineering sites organized by state, some with images. - gopher://wvnvm.wvnet.edu/11/wm/wmu/hh Digital Archive of American Architecture - Images of American architecture from 1620 to the present by Prof. Jeffery Howe of Boston College. - http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/fa267/default.html 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. - http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1978/4/78.04.03.x.html American Landscape and Architectural Design, 1850-1920 - 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. - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/mhsdhtml/aladhome.html 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. - http://www.isjm.org/building.htm American Architecture: 1700 to 1799 - Some of the famous buildings of eighteenth-century America featured in Great Buildings Online: images, architects, commentary and sources. - http://www.greatbuildings.com/gbc_types/usa/usa_1700-1799.html |
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