History

Here you will find articles on the history of building techniques and other things of interest.

Northern and Southern Early American Vernacular Building Construction: A Study of Styles

Erika Marks Brauner
Added: April 7, 2008

It is clear that the early Colonists had their work cut out for them when they landed in the New World.

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Coming In Out of the Cold: The Evolution of Bathroom Fixtures and Plumbing in the 19th Century

Erika Marks Brauner
Added: April 7, 2008

Bathrooms as we know them today are a relatively recent invention, most of us raised in a rural environment have had childhood encounters with outhouses and dusty-lidded privy holes in an ancient barn.

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Restoring columns on a New Orleans façade is anything but the Big Easy

Erika Marks Brauner
Added: April 2, 2008

In the moisture-rich city of New Orleans, termites and rot can bring even the grandest Uptown mansion to its knees.

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Timber-frame Construction:The Agents of Timber Decay and the Solutions for Timber Repair

Erika Marks
Added: April 15, 2007

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Architectural Elements of the Nineteenth Century: Cast and Wrought Iron

Erika Marks
Added: April 15, 2007