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Entry: North American architecture of the 16th and 17th Century - A81184502
Author: Tavaron da Quirm - Arts Editor - U1314679

The second part of the series and the first that I started writing over a year ago.

Another great article.
I did wonder if there are any good examples where visitors could see some of the buildings which you have described? I remember, when I visited Boston when I was about 9, I visited Plimouth Plantation which has a recreated 17th Century colony. http://www.plimoth.org

A few spelling thingies I saw include:
Evoveld – Evolved into
More wealthy – wealthier
1/2 – You could use ½
Digged - dug

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Thanks! I made the corrections.

Hi Tav.

I have really enjoyed this series.

My only comment for this one is that I would love to see some examples if possible, especially those that are open to the public.If I lived in North America I'd want to go and see some local examples if I could.

I read this before the 18th c pr thread. As you were.

thanks Z, I'm really happy that you liked them

Definately.. Today I learnt that Thomas Jefferson was an architect and a tipi and wigwam are totally different things. This is why I love h2g2!

Does anyone have any more comments?

I'm sorry I didn't get to this before. Especially since these buildings are sort of 'my period' for US history.

Here are some notes and pictures:

Here are some pictures of saltbox houses, from the Library of Congress:

http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/175_sal1.html

I thought you might enjoy the elevations.

Virginia:

The first colony in Virginia, Jamestown, had almost exclusively wooden building. As a result, the earliest structure left is a wall from the third church there - the first two burnt down.

Here are some sketches from Jamestown:

http://www.bookglutton.com/books/free/448/bg22-chapter.html

I wouldn't capitalise 'wigwams'.

I would expand the section on 'Southern colonial style'. For one thing, what you're referring to here is the plantation area.

Plantation houses could be quite elaborate estates:

http://www.magnoliaplantation.com/

Remember to note: these places are not nice. They are the residences of people who are holding sometimes hundreds or even thousands of other people in slavery. The cabins these other people lived in are tiny.

Other Southern dwellings belonged to subsistence farmers who lived in the Piedmont and mountain regions. Their houses were very different. They lived on what were called 'backcountry farms':

Historians I know built this to show what a 'backcountry farm' looked like:

http://www.inst.ncecho.org/PhotoDetail.aspx?siteno=00168&photono=007

I know this is going to take you far afield, but there were other Europeans in North America at this time. What about the Southwest Spanish immigrants and French traders?

I have French, Spanish, German and Plantation houses in this one:
http://www.h2g2.com/dna/h2g2/brunel/A81232931

Thanks for the comments, I'll get to it again when I have more time. Probably tomorrow.

How is this coming along? Was the query sorted out?

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I think so, yes, all the plantation stuff is in a different Entry.

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well done

thank you!
pictures for the whole series are being made

I look forward to seeing it finished

Good work Tav