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Christine Madrid discusses and illustrates the visitor centers built in US national parks 1956-1966 as examples of early modern, distinctly American architecture.

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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.

• 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.
• Historic American Building Survey and Historic American Engineering Record - An index of architectural and engineering sites organized by state, some with images from the Library of Congress.
• The Architecture of Colonial New England and the Southern Colonies - Lecture and bibliography by Valerie Ann Polino of Yale-New Haven arts and entertainment Teachers Institute on the development of architecture in Colonial America.
• American Architecture: 1700 to 1799 - Some of the famous buildings of eighteenth-century America featured in Great Buildings Online: images, architects, commentary and sources.
• 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.
• American Landscape and Architectural Design, 1850-1920 - A collection of 2,800 lantern slides from the arts and entertainment Harvard Graduate School of Design, housed by the arts and entertainment Library of Congress. Views of cities, specific buildings, arts and entertainment parks, estates and gardens.
• 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.
• Digital Archive of American Architecture - Images of American architecture from 1620 to the arts and entertainment present by Prof. Jeffery Howe of Boston College.
• The Evolution of the American Front Porch - A study by Scott Cook with illustrations and arts and entertainment historic buildings a bibliography. Covers its origins, stylistic evolution, history arts and entertainment historic buildings and cultural significance.
• American Jewish Sites Database - The International Survey of Jewish Monuments provides a arts and entertainment arts and entertainment searchable database of information on historic Jewish sites arts and entertainment arts and entertainment in North America, including synagogues, cemeteries and arts and entertainment arts and entertainment houses.
• World Heritage Sites in the United States - The National Park Service and US/ICOMOS offer a arts and entertainment arts and entertainment list of sites of cultural and natural interest arts and entertainment arts and entertainment already nominated and waiting for review. Criteria for arts and entertainment arts and entertainment site nominations.
• The Lustron Connection - Ron Allen presents a history, registry and photograph architecture gallery of Lustron steel homes built in the architecture US between 1949 and 1950 for returning servicemen.

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