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This list is presented as a resource for sites relating to architecture. In some cases the origin of the building stone is discussed. The following is listed alphabetically by the title of the page. This is just a representaive sample of web sites as there are many more valuable sites worth visiting that are not listed here. Peggy B. Perazzo |
A Digital Archive of American Architecture, by Professor Jeffery Howe, Boston College.
Architectural Links of Interest, presented by Architect-On-Duty, architect-on-duty.com.
Architectural Websites, presented by Prof. Jeffery Howe of the Fine Arts Department, Boston College.
Architecture Articles - Architecture at About.com - Alphabetical Directory of Pages.
Architecture as Dynamic System, presented by Alex Brown (subjects presented: Architectural History, Architectural Theory, Design History, History of Modern Art, Definitions, Glossary, and Articles and Papers.
Architecture History Time Line, by Jackie Craven.
Architecture - House Types, by Jackie Craven.
Architecture . . . Image . . . & . . . Photo . . . Websites . . ., presented by the Wallace Research Group.
Architecture Museums and Travel, by Jackie Craven.
Architectural Styles and Stone Use from The Guide To Stones Used for Houses of Worship in Northeastern Ohio, presented by Joseph T. Hannibal, Curator of Invertebrate Paleontology at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.
Architecture and Building, presented by University of Nevada Las Vegas Libraries.
Archeology and Architecture, presented by Menne C. Kosian. This web site covers "all kinds of archaeological information for European archaeology, especially the Mediterrenean."
Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online, presented by the J. Paul Getty Trust.
Art Deco/Romantic Style, presented by the ThinkQuest Team, West Buncombe Elementary School, Asheville, North Carolina.
Buildings and Building Stone, A Web Gallery of Stone Buildings and Their Building Stone, presented by Bruce Railsback, Professor, Department of Geology, University of Georgia.
Built in America - Historic American Building Survey - Historic American Engineering Record, 1933 to Present, Prints and Photographs Division, American Memory, Library of Congress.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Alphabetical Listing of Temples
Digital Imaging Project - Art Historical Images of Sculpture and Architecture from pre-historic to post-modern, by Mary Ann Sullivan, Professor of English and Art History, Bluffton College, Bluffton, Ohio.
Digital Library for the Decorative Arts and Material Culture: Image and Text Collections, presented by the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections
(Description of “Dimension Stone” from the web site) “Dimension stone can be defined as natural rock material quarried for the purpose of obtaining blocks or slabs that meet specifications as to size (width, length, and thickness) and shape. Color, grain texture and pattern, and surface finish of the stone are normal requirements. Durability (essentially based on mineral composition and hardness and past performance), strength, and the ability of the stone to take a polish are other important selection criteria.”
Emporis Buildings - International Database about Buildings (Database of tall buildings. Includes sections on “Buildings” and “Image Database About Architecture”)
Famous Architects - A to Z, by Jackie Craven.
Geologic Sources of Historic Stone Architecture in Iowa, by Brian J. Witzke, Iowa Department of Natural Resources site.
The Gothic Field Guide (architectural terms), presented by The New York Carver.
Granite Architecture ( February 1892). The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 24, Issue 2, page 39, February 1892. (Article in digital images viewed at American Memory, Library of Congress.)
Great Buildings and Structures, by Jackie Craven.
Find Skyscrapers - Skyscrapers and the World's Tallest Building
Great Buildings and Structures (Jackie Craven states that the list of links in this section are a “starting place for exploring famous architecture around the world, with links to facts and photos for great buildings, towers, bridges, and other structures.”)
The Great Buildings Collection, presented by Artifice, Inc.
Historic American Building Survey (HALS), presented by the National Park Service.
Historic Asylums - America's Vanishing Historic Asylums, State Hospitals, Sanitariums, County Homes, Medical Hospitals, and Other Institutions.
How To Research an Architectural Structure, presented by The New York Public Library, Center for the Humanities, Wallach Division of Art, Prints & Photographs - A Research Guide.
Lessons in Stone - Harvard’s Building Blocks Teach Natural and Cultural History (Harvard Magazine). Text by David B. Williams and color photographs by Jim Harrison.
Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record (HABS/HAER) Collections - Measured drawings, photographs, and data sheets documenting works of American architecture and engineering - Special Collections in the Library of Congress.
Prints and Photographs Division - Prints and Photographs Reading Room.
Courthouses Recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) and the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) (Prints and Photographs Division.
Mount Vernon, Jones County, Iowa - Cornell College - Virtual Tour of the College Buildings.
The National Building Museum, Washington, D. C.
Ohio (Gambier) - Kenyon College - The Kenyon Campus at 175: How It Grew.
Ohio (Northeastern) - Guide to Stones Used for Houses of Worship in Northeastern Ohio, presented by The Urban Center's Sacred Landmark Series.
Philadelphia Architects & Buildings Project (PAB) web site. You can search the database for buildings, structures, and architects either as a visitor or you can register free. You cannot search for specific cities, but you can search for county locations. There are no photographs presented, but the location and/or address and the name of the architect are included if known; and the historic registration information is also included.
Preservation Coalition of Buffalo, New York
Preservation of Historic Architecture, by Jackie Craven.
The Society of Architectural Historians, Chicago, Illinois.
Tours
Canada - Dimension Stone in Victoria, British Columbia, a city guide and walking tour, by Z. D. Hora and L. B. Miller. [PDF]
Canada - Hamilton, Canada - The Heart of The City - A Virtual Tour of Downtown Hamilton, presented by the Hamilton Public Library.
Canada - A Virtual Tour of Historic Calgary, presented by the Calgary Public Library.
Colorado, USA - Geology Tour of Denver's Buildings and Monuments, by Jack A. Murphy, publisher: Denver, Colorado, Historic Denver in cooperation with Denver Museum of Natural History, c1995, ISBN:0914248065. (Book)
Colorado, USA - Colorado Springs - Historical and Architectural Survey of Downtown Colorado Springs, 2003-04 - Survey Report, May 2004 (Revised)
Illinois, USA - Geology Along Michigan Avenue presented by Ellin Beltz (photographs).
Ireland - The Building Stones of Dublin: A Walking Guide, by Patrick Wyse, Jackson, photography by Declan Burke, publisher: Dublin, Ireland, Town House and Country House, 1993, ISBN:0946172323.
London - The Gloucester Wall Game: London, by Eric Robinson, no date, London Geologists' Association.
Maryland, USA - A Geologic Walking Tour of Building Stones of Downtown Baltimore, Maryland, by Sherry McCann-Murray, presented by the Maryland Geological Survey. This site includes contributions and photography by the Environmental Geology and Mineral Resources Program of the Maryland Geological Survey. (Adapted for the Internet from Educational Series No. 10.)
Massachusetts – “Boston Rocks: A History of the Earth in 13 Landmarks,” article by David B. Williams, Graphics by Javier Zarracina (in PDF format). This article was published on the May 3, 2009 , in the Boston Globe. David Williams has a new book, Stories in Stone, that will be published in June 2009 by Walker and Company. More information on this book is available in the “Stone” section of his web site. (The following buildings are discussed in the above article (which includes photos of the buildings and the stones): 100 Cambridge Street, Government Center; Trinity Church, Copley Square; “New” Old South Church, Copley Square; Morse Auditorium, Boston University; Massachusetts General Hospital; Townhouses, Beacon Hill; Cathedral Church of St. Paul, downtown Massachusetts; Boston Public Library, Copley Square; Memorial Hall & Hauser Hall, Harvard University; King’s Chapel, downtown Massachusetts; Algonquin Club, Back Bay; and the Keystone Building, Financial District.)
Michigan, USA - Geology Along Michigan Avenue, presented by Ellin Beltz (photographs) Also of interest is Ms. Beltz' 1902 Chicago Folio by William C. Alden. To view this, click here to go to Ms. Beltz' site and choose, "1902 Chicago Folio."
Minnesota, USA - St. Paul Geology Walking Tour, Geological Society of Minnesota (booklet)
New York, USA - Buffalo as an Architectural Museum, by Chuck LaChiusa.
Ohio, USA - Geologic Glimpses from Around the World - The Geology of Monuments in Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum, Dayton, Ohio: A Self-Guided Tour, by M. R. Sandy, 1992, Ohio Division of Geological Survey Guidebook 8.
Ohio, USA - Guide to the Building Stones of Downtown Cincinnati; A Walking Tour, by J. T. Hannibal and R. A. Davis, 1992, Ohio Division of Geological Survey Guidebook 7.
Ohio, USA - Guide to the Building Stones of Downtown Cleveland: A Walking Tour, Ohio Division of Geological Survey Guidebook, by J. T. Hannibal and M. T. Schmidt, 1992; reprinted 1997 with additional notes.
Ohio, USA - Guide to the Building Stones of Downtown Columbus: A Walking Tour, by R. W. Melvin and G. D. McKenzie, 1992, Ohio Division of Geological Survey Guidebook 6, reprinted with additional notes.
Ohio, USA - Guide to Stones Used for Houses of Worship in Northeastern Ohio, by Joseph T. Hannibal, Curator of Invertebrate Paleontology at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. The Urban Center's Sacred Landmark Series.
Utah, USA - Building Stone Walking Tour, presented by the Utah Geological Society. To view the walking tour, choose "Utah Geology" on the left-hand menu, then choose "Rocks and Minerals," choose "General Information," then choose "Building Stones of Downtown Salt Lake City, a walking tour Public Information Series #60."
Washington, D. C., USA - Building Stones of Washington Walking Tour, presented by the United States Geological Survey.
Washington, D. C., USA - Descriptions and Origins of Selected Principal Building Stones of Washington, United States Geological Survey.
Washington State - Cornerstones of Spokane: A guidebook to the building stones of downtown Spokane. Text and map are from: G. E. McKelvey; Bonnie B. Bunning; F. William Burnet; Mike Hamilton; and Byron Swanson, 1981, Northwest, Mining Association (in PDF format).
Treatise on Architecture Including the Arts of Construction, Building, Stone-Masonry, Arch, Carpentry, Roof, Joinery, and Strength of Materials, (Online Book) by Arthur Ashpitel, Esq., and William Hoskingby, Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1867, 311 pages. (This book is available for reading or downloading to your computer in PDF format on Google Book Search - Full View Books.)
Other:
Urban Design and New Urbanism, by Jackie Craven.
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