Instructional Guides
Light, Sally
House Histories: A Guide to Tracing the Genealogy of Your Home
New York: Golden Hill, 1989

McDonald, Travis C.
Understanding Old Buildings: The Process of Architectural Investigation
Preservation Brief 35. National Park Service Technical Preservation Services
www2.cr.nps.gov

Architectural Guides
McAlester, Virginia and Lee
A Field Guide to American Houses
New York: Knopf, 1984

Baker, John Milnes
American House Styles: A Concise Guide
New York: W.W. Norton, 1994

Historic Architectural Styles in Vermont
Vermont Heritage Network
www.uvm.edu

Construction and Decorative Arts Guides
Mayhew, Edgar and Minor Myers, Jr.
A Documentary History of American Interiors: From the Colonial Era to 1915
New York: Scribner's, 1980

Moss, Roger W. and Gail C. Winkler
Victorian Interior Decoration: American Interiors, 1830-1900
New York: Henry Holt, 1992

Moss, Roger W. and Gail C. Winkler
Victorian Exterior Decoration: How to Paint Your Nineteenth-Century House Historically
New York: Henry Holt, 1992

Visser, Thomas D.
A Field Guide to New England Barns and Farm Buildings
Hanover, NH: University of New England, 1997

Visser, Thomas D.
Nails: Clues to a Building's History
University of Vermont Historic Preservation Program, 1996
www.uvm.edu

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