Early American Material Culture: Books Online : Architecture
Following are lists of books publicly available online on the topics of Early American (pre-1850) architecture, furniture, metalwork, pottery, more.
NOTE
Titles are arranged chronologically.
Architecture By Region: New England
(Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Connecticut, Rhode Island)
- Early Rhode Island Houses: An Historical and Architectural Study 1895)Isham, Norman Morrison; Brown, Albert F.
- Colonial Landmarks of the Old Bay State (1896)Bacheller, Edward Franklin
- Early Connecticut Houses: An Historical and Architectural Study (1900)Isham, Norman Morrison; Brown, Albert F.
- Examples of Domestic Colonial Architecture of New England (1901)Corner, James M.; Soderholtz, E. E. (Eric Ellis)
- Homes of Our Ancestors in Stonington, Conn. (1908)Wheeler, Grace Dennison
- Old Colonial Houses in Maine Built Prior to 1776 (1908)Nason, Emma Huntington
- Old Newberyport Houses (c1912)Hale, Albert
- Details from Old New England Houses (1913)Howe, Lois L. and Constance Fuller
- Historic Homes of New England (1914)Northend, Mary Harrod
- Selected Interiors of Old Houses in Salem and Vicinity (1916)MacDonald, Albert J.
- Old Colonial Brick Houses of New England... (1917)Rogers & Manson Company
- The Colonial Architecture of Salem (1919)Cousins, Frank
- Old New England Doorways (1920)Robinson, Albert G.
- Old New England Houses (1920)Robinson, Albert G.
- Old Houses of Connecticut, From material Collected by the Committee on Old Houses of the Connecticut Society of the Colonial Dames of America (1923)National Society of the Colonial Dames of America
Architecture By Region: Middle Colonies/States
(New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware)
- The Historic Mansions and Buildings of Philadelphia... (1877)Westcott, Thompson
- The Colonial Architecture of Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia (1900)Chandler, Joseph Everett
- Colonial and Old Houses, of Greenwich, New Jersey (1907)Andrews, Rebecca Graham (Ayars)
- Historic Homesteads of Kings County (1909)Ditmas, Charles Andrew
- The Colonial Homes of Philadelphia.... (1912)Eberlein, Harold Donaldson
- The Dutch Colonial House (1913)Embury, Aymar
- Colonial Mansions of Maryland and Delaware (1914)Hammond, John Martin
- Historic Buildings Now Standing in New York, .... (1914)Bank of the Manhatten Co.
- Old Philadelphia Colonial Details (1914)Sims, Joseph Patterson; Willing, Charles
- Early Philadelphia; Its People, Life and Progress (1917)Lippincott, Horace Mather
- The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia (1920)Cousins, Frank
Architecture By Region: Chesapeake Bay
(Virginia, Maryland)
- Historic Homes of the South-West Mountains, Virginia (1899)Mead, Edward C.
- The Colonial Architecture of Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia (1900)Chandler, Joseph Everett
- Colonial Mansions of Maryland and Delaware (1914)Hammond, John Martin
- Measured Drawings of Georgian Architecture in the District of Columbia, 1750-1820 (1914)Cunningham, Harry Francis; Younger, Joseph Arthur; Smith, J. Wilmer
- Historic Virginia Homes and Churches (1915)Lancaster, Robert Alexander
- Maryland's Colonial Eastern Shore... (1916)Earle, Swepson
- Twelve Old Houses West of Chesapeake Bay (1918)Worthington, Addison F.
- In Tidewater Virginia (1924)Jett, Dora Chinn
- Sketches of One Hundred and Thirty-three Historic Virginia Landmarks... (1929)Kibler, James Luther
- Colonial Churches of Tidewater Virginia (1945)Mason, George Carrington
Architecture By Region: Lower South
(Carolinas, Georgia, Florida)
- Examples of Colonial Architecture in South Carolina and Georgia (1890s)Crane, Edward A.; Soderholtz, E. E.
- The Dwelling Houses of Charleston, South Carolina (1917)Smith, Alice R. Huger; Smith, Daniel Elliot Huger
- Historic Houses of South Carolina (1921)Leiding, Harriette Kershaw
- Some Interesting Colonial Churches in North Carolina (1961)Rouse, J.K. (Jordan K.)
- Colonial Homes in North Carolina (1963)Allcott, John V.; Carolina Charter Tercentenary Commission (Raleigh, N.C.)
Architecture by Region: California, Southwest
- The Missions of California and the Old Southwest (1907)Hildrup, Jesse Stephen
- Spanish Mission Churches of New Mexico (1915)Prince, L. Bradford (Le Baron Bradford)
Architecture
Colonial American Architecture in general
- The American Vignola (1902)Ware, William R.
- The American Vignola (1906)Ware, William R.
- Colonial Homes and their Furnishings (1912)Northend, Mary Harrod
- Colonial Architecture (1912)Cousins, Frank
- The Architecture of Colonial America (1915)Eberlein, Harold Donaldson
- Remodeled Farmhouses (1915)Northend, Mary Harrod
- The Colonial House (1916)Chandler, Joseph Everett
- Famous Colonial Houses (1921)Hollister, Paul M.
- American Architecture (1928)Kimball, Fiske