For anyone looking for reference info for older homes, this is probably the ultimate site. It’s the home of the Historic American Building Survey, a collection of photos, architectural plans, and data on thousands of historic properties, collected by the National Park Service over the last 70 years.
I was able to find photos and drawings of the local historical building in my hometown, including the as-built drawings from 1877. Check it out next time you’ve got the need for historical info.
Bob
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Thank you kindly. That goes directly on the bookmark list.
Gee, I couldnt find my circa:1680 house in there so I wrote the librarian.
Who knows? Could be interesting to find any photos other than the one pic I have thats falling apart.
Thanks
andy
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Interesting site.
Is it just me, or is it awfully hard to find anything on there? The site seems awfully hard to navigate.
"A leader has two important characteristics: first, he is going somewhere; second, he is able to persuade other people to go with him." [Maximilien Francois Robespierre]
Well, it is run by the government, so some amount of confusion is expected...lol.
I found two ways to get around:
- Search by state, using the index of pages that'll pop up for ranges of state/city locations
- Use the "Subject Index", which will allow you to search by building type. etc. For example, you can click on "bungalows" and it'll pull up everything the site classifies as a bungalow. It looks like they didn't go too deep with their keywords, so many bungalows probably don't show up in that category, but as something else for some reason.
Not a bad site overall though.
Bob