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	Historic American Building Survey and Historic American Engineering Record - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/habs_haer/ An index of architectural and engineering sites organized by state, some with images from the Library of Congress.
	National Register of Historic Places - http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/ 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.
	American Landscape and Architectural Design, 1850-1920 - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/mhsdhtml/aladhome.html A collection of 2,800 lantern slides from the Harvard Graduate School of Design, housed by the Library of Congress. Views of cities, specific buildings, parks, estates and gardens.
	Digital Archive of American Architecture - http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/fa267/default.html Images of American architecture from 1620 to the present by Prof. Jeffery Howe of Boston College.
	World Heritage Sites in the United States - http://www.nps.gov/history/worldheritage/ The National Park Service and US/ICOMOS offer a list of sites of cultural and natural interest already nominated and waiting for review. Criteria for site nominations.

	How to Research Architecture - http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/spe/art/artarc/archit/arch.html A beginner's guide by the New York Public Library, particularly relevant for users of that library and buildings in New York.
	American Architecture: 1700 to 1799 - http://www.greatbuildings.com/gbc_types/usa/usa_1700-1799.html Some of the famous buildings of eighteenth-century America featured in Great Buildings Online: images, architects, commentary and sources.
	Mission 66 Visitor Centers - http://www.mission66.com/ Christine Madrid discusses and illustrates the visitor centers built in US national parks 1956-1966 as examples of early modern, distinctly American architecture.
	Researching the History of Your House - http://www2.lib.udel.edu/subj/hist/resguide/house-bib.htm A bibliography and links provided by David L. Langenberg for the American Library Association's Reference and User Services Association, History Section.
	The Architecture of Colonial New England and the Southern Colonies - http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1978/4/78.04.03.x.html Lecture and bibliography by Valerie Ann Polino of Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute on the development of architecture in Colonial America.

	The Evolution of the American Front Porch - http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CLASS/am483_97/projects/cook/first.htm A study by Scott Cook with illustrations and a bibliography. Covers its origins, stylistic evolution, history and cultural significance.
	The Lustron Connection - http://www.lustronconnection.org/ Ron Allen presents a history, registry and photograph gallery of Lustron steel homes built in the US between 1949 and 1950 for returning servicemen.
	American Jewish Sites Database - http://www.isjm.org/building.htm The International Survey of Jewish Monuments provides a searchable database of information on historic Jewish sites in North America, including synagogues, cemeteries and houses.

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