Cemeteries and gravesites dot the rural American landscape. As development efforts reach further into previously undeveloped or abandoned areas, the discovery of burial g[...]

Seen today as an American icon, the Airstream trailer was developed in response to the Machine Deco and streamlining design movement of the 1920s, Americans' increased in[...]

At the beginning of the twentieth century, new homeowners turned away from the local architect and builder in favor of turning catalog pages to buy their dream mail-order[...]

A distinctive architectural form born of the post-war modernist design movement, the A-frame structure has typically not been viewed as significant enough to receive hist[...]

Prismatic glass, developed to improve the amount of daylight reflected into interior commercial spaces prior to the widespread use of electric lighting, consisted of smal[...]

Historic sites associated with LGBTQ history are an important yet underrepresented part of American history. LGBTQ history requires a change in thinking about interpretat[...]

Revivalist architectural styles were popular during the late 19th and early 20th century, informing the design of residential, commercial, and civic structures. Carpenter[...]

The farm resettlement program is one of the lesser-known New Deal projects attempting to mitigate the effects of the Great Depression. Throughout the 1930s and 40s, the f[...]

During the late 19th and early 20th century, revivalist architectural styles informed the design of American residential architecture. Among the most popular of the style[...]

Originally found in high architectural designs, screen walls made of pierced, decorative concrete masonry units became ubiquitous across the American suburban landscape b[...]

The first half of the 20th century was the most prolific period of mural painting in U.S. history. Two specific time periods, the Progressive Era (1904-1933) and the New [...]

As spaces at the intersection of race, gender, and technology, kitchens are uniquely situated to tell an engaging narrative at a variety of historic sites. They have the [...]

Conversation pits are a unique architectural feature used in residential spaces and some commercial structures primarily in the 1960s and 1970s. Featuring a seating area [...]

Throughout modern urban history, cities and towns have incorporated trees into their streetscapes in various ways and for various purposes. As today's cities work to revi[...]

Invented in the mid-18th century, soda water began as a curative for various physical complaints and became a mainstay at pharmacies by the 19th century, where elaboratel[...]

The nature of the kitchen has evolved over time according to the demands made on it and the social context in which it is embedded in our culture. Myriad factors have inf[...]

Between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the country's goals for punishment versus rehabilitation of convicted criminals influenced the design of historic prison f[...]

As women's domestic roles changed from silent partner in the late 1700s to the center of home and family in the 1950s and 1960s, the floorplan for the American family hou[...]

Neon signage has fallen in and out of favor since its invention in the early 20th century. At first considered a necessary form of commercial advertising and later deemed[...]

Western North Carolina has served as a tourism destination since the late 19th century, when wealthy industrialists were first drawn to the area as a natural refuge from [...]

Aluminum windows from the 20th century are the new historic windows and they are just as much worth the effort to maintain and preserves as their wooden counterparts. Thr[...]

Invented by the Chinese as early as 200 A.D., wallpaper has a storied history across numerous cultures and continents. Because it is susceptible to frequent changes as a [...]

As historic urban cores are revitalized through various historic preservation and redevelopment efforts, an increase in tourism to these new-old places has simultaneously[...]

The segregate system, better known as the cottage system, was a late 19th century form of architectural design for institutions housing the mentally ill. This brief explo[...]

Heating and cooling strategies have evolved over time, from passive strategies that involved designing a structure to work with its environment to active strategies that [...]