Folk Architecture Sites

Overviews

Louisiana State University Exhibits

http://rurallife.lsu.edu/ (NOTE: As of 10/06/04, links from the LSU Rural Life Museum Home Page to its exhibits are not active. The link from this page to the LSU page has been left active in the meantime, in case the links are re-established at a later time.)

http://habs.lsu.edu/ (drawings and photos from the Louisiana Historic American Buildings Survery)

Dale Lightfoot's Cultural Landscapes From Around The World

http://www.geog.okstate.edu/users/lightfoot/lfoot.htm select Folk Customs From Around The World--these slides include folk architecture (look in the middle of the group) plus costumes, customs, and more.

South Florida Folklife

http://www.historical-museum.org/folklife/tradition3.htm

Louisiana Studies Historical Preservation (go to Contents, then select illustrations)

Vernacular Designs

http://www.greatbuildings.com/architects/Vernacular.html

Eastender Restoration--Early American Homes

http://www.e-restores.com/earlyamerican/ (a commercial site, but good images of varous early types of houses, along with interior maps and "showrooms")

 Houses

Dog Trot Houses

http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/desoto/images/dogtrot.jpg

http://www.tngenweb.org/warren/ph-4.htm

http://wcgs.ala.nu/dogtrot.jpg

http://www.pbs.org/riverofsong/music/e3-three.html (go to middle of page)

Sod Houses

Photos from the Sod House Museum http://websteader.com/wbstdsodmuzm.htm

http://www.plainsfolk.com/bowman/sod.htm

http://www.rrcnet.org/~historic/sodhist.htm

Wichita State University Special Collections http://specialcollections.wichita.edu/collections/ms/95-20/95-20_Songs.html (includes lyrics to songs about sod houses)

Salt Box Houses

http://www.heritage.nf.ca/society/saltbox/default.html (Newfoundland Folk Architecture)

http://www.pasty.com/reflections/id125.htm (Copper Country--Mesnard)

http://www.avalon.nf.ca/~janetmcn/saltboxhouse.html (Newfoundland)

Shotgun Houses

http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi820.htm

http://www.parkcityhistory.org/History/pcarchitecture/types.htm (also information on 3 other house types, some broken links but still interesting)

http://www.noro.com/arch.html

Barns

Pete French Round Barn, Harney County, Oregon http://www.dalejtravis.com/barn/oregon/htm/or01301.htm

Pete French Round Barn http://home.att.net/~LeRoyW7OUS/newpage12.htm

Pete French Long Barn http://home.att.net/~LeRoyW7OUS/toppage12.htm

Luscher Farm, Lake Oswego, Oregon http://www.ci.oswego.or.us/parksrec/Luscher/luscher-current.htm#Luscher

Ohio Barns (examples of barns from 32 states and Canada) http://ohiobarns.com/

Round Barns http://www.vreug.com/barns.html

Barn Again http://www.nebraskahumanities.org/barnagain.html (sponsored by Nebraska Humanities Council, so a lot about Nebraska, but also great background information and history, photos, and links to related sites)

The Americanization of the Barn, by Thoomas C. Hubka http://www.nbm.org/blueprints/90s/spring94/page2/page2.htm (article with visuals)

Covered Bridges

Covred Bridges at the Ohio Barns Web Site (examples from 27 states) http://ohiobarns.com/covbri/index.htm

Maine Department of Transportation Covered Bridge Website http://www.maine.gov/mdot/covered-bridges/wooden.php (again, while local to Maine, contains good background information and great photos of a variety of covered bridges)

Kentucky Covered Bridges http://www.uky.edu/KentuckyAtlas/CoveredBridges/

Vermont Covered Bridges http://www.virtualvermont.com/coveredbridge/

Virginia's Covered Bridges http://www.virginiadot.org/infoservice/faq-covbridge.asp

Oregon Covered Bridges

Oregon Department of Transportation Covered Bridges http://www.odot.state.or.us/eshtm/cb.htm

http://www.viser.net/~draft/bridges/bridges.shtml (most links from this page are broken, but the one page available gives background on Oregon covered bridges)

http://www.354.com/drain/bridge.htm

http://www.daytrails.com/CoveredBridges.html

http://geography.uoregon.edu/infographics/lcweb/Bridgetext.htm

Lane County http://www.chuckhawks.com/lane_county_bridges.htm and http://www.co.lane.or.us/about/bridges.htm

Miscellaneous

Texas Handbook: Folk Building

Mayan Houses

Tank Houses

 Traditional Chinese Culture in Taiwan : Architecture

Last Updated 10/06/04