This thesis argues that early nineteenth-century domestic architecture along Indiana's eastern National Road (Wayne, Henry and Hancock Counties) was a product of the available local materials, not a product of cultural influences traveling along the Road. While the first chapter drives in this point, the second and third chapters describe the local materials (builders and carpenters, wood, saw-mills, clay, brickmaking and limestone), and explain construction techniques in a series of case study buildings. The thesis concludes by not only confirming the proposition, but also by making a few conclusions regarding early nineteenth-century construction methods. / Department of Architecture
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BSU/oai:cardinalscholar.bsu.edu:handle/188391 |
| Date | January 2007 |
| Creators | Molnar, Katherine J. |
| Contributors | Spodek, Jonathan C. |
| Source Sets | Ball State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Format | 154 leaves : ill., maps (some col.), plans ; 28 cm. |
| Source | Virtual Press |
| Coverage | n-us-in |
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