Vernacular Architecture in the Eastern United States

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Excerpt from Vernacular Architecture in the Eastern United States: An Exhibition of Measured Drawings From the Historic American Building SurveyThe measured drawings on exhibition are examples of the work of the Historic American Buildings Survey. This was one of the many projec s initiated during the Depression of the nineteen-thirties to make use of talents temporarily unem ployed. After a lapse during the Second world War the survey has now been re-established. The lational Parks Service carries out a certain amount of investigation in the field, while the Smithsonian Institution, another organ of the Federal Government carries out research through the Division of Cultural History and has re - erected typical dwellings in its galleries. At a state and local level many buildings have been preserved through the initiative of ad hoc bodies, sometimes with state assistance but usually on private funds. Some organisations as Old Sturbridge Village and the Shelburne Museum have established considerable collections of vernacular buildings. But it is being realised that as redevelopment proceeds ever faster the recording of vernacular buildings which it may not be feasible to preserve, is being undertaken and the work of the University of Syracuse prov1des an example.l.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.