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- Blandwood Mansion
- Built in 1846, Blandwood gives visitors a look into the past and is a wonderful example of the Tuscan architecture which was so popular in the mid nineteenth century.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Cities and public architecture
- In North Carolina in the New South, page 5.7
- In this activity, students compare photographs of public buildings in Charlotte before and after industrialization and the growth of the city in the late nineteenth century to learn about industrial wealth and the culture of the Gilded Age.
- Format: article
- The Mill Prong House
- This historic home was restored in 1993 and was built by John Gilchrist, an important political and social leader in this area in 1802.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- An heir to the throne
- In The Ramayana, page 1.2
- In this painting, the green-skinned king at left and the white-skinned queen at the right sit together on a blue painted platform under a gold-leaf painted arch representing their tiered roof palace at Ayudhya.
- By Lorraine Aragon.
- Buckner Hill Plantation
- This plantation home is a good example of Greek Revival architecture. It features elaborate plaster moldings, high ceilings, and wide halls and the rooms are furnished with period furniture. Open by appointment only.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Bellamy Mansion Museum of History and Design Arts
- A spectacular example of antebellum architecture, this home was commandeered by Federal troops after the fall of Fort Fisher during the Civil War. The Bellamy Mansion is now a museum that focuses on history and the design arts and offers tours.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Antique market in Lenoir, NC
- This is an antique market in Lenoir, North Carolina. The city is home to an interesting variety of architecture, varying from the contemporary to the historic. Some buildings have odd details and features; for instance, in this photo, the cornice of the building...
- Format: image/photograph
- A close-up view of Ho Chi Minh City's city hall roof line architecture
- A close-up view of Ho Chi Minh City's city hall roof line shows elements of early 1900s French colonial architecture and statuary, with the flag of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam now flying above the middle tower. A clock and flag tower, which represented...
- Format: image/photograph
- Mapping life in a colonial town
- In Colonial North Carolina, page 6.14
- From a detailed map of colonial Edenton, North Carolina, we can learn a great deal about daily life and community life on the eve of the Revolution.
- Format: activity
- By L. Maren Wood.
- Living in the field
- In Rice farming and rural life in Vietnam, page 17
- Highland families may use these small houses on a permanent basis, especially if they are near permanent wet-rice fields. Yet the houses sometimes are moved or abandoned when families cultivate other fields during different years or seasons. The canal running...
- By Lorraine Aragon.
- A house with a round porch in Concord, North Carolina
- This is a house with a round porch in Concord, North Carolina. Downtown Concord is host to a variety of historical architecture and curiosities like this one.
- Format: image/photograph
- Historic Edenton
- The Historic Edenton website is provided by North Carolina Historic Sites and contains a brief introduction and history of the town as well as a listing of special events.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Side building at the Taj Mahal in Agra, India
- This is a side building at the Taj Mahal in Agra, India. It is a light rust color, similar in some ways to the architecture of the Taj Mahal. The bottom half has few windows and doors, but the top part is a pair of tiers formed by a set of scalloped, open...
- Format: image/photograph
- A church in the Old Wilson Historic District of Wilson, NC
- This is a church in the Old Wilson Historic District of Wilson, North Carolina. Wilson is host to a variety of interesting historic architecture.
- Format: image/photograph
- The kingdom of Ayudhya
- In The Ramayana, page 1.1
- Rama's hometown city of Ayudhya is depicted surrounded with solid white walls on a Ramayana mural painting at the Emerald Buddha Temple. The vantage point of this painting is from outside an inviting entrance gate door served by a well-worn footpath. Over...
- By Lorraine Aragon.
- A flower shop on a street corner in Wilson, NC
- This is a flower shop on a street corner in Wilson, North Carolina. It is part of the Old Wilson Historic District. Wilson is host to a great deal of historic architecture.
- Format: image/photograph
- Rice farming and rural life in Vietnam
- Photographs and text tell the story of rice and rural life in Southeast Asia, with an emphasis on the highlanders, or Montagnards.
- Format: slideshow (multiple pages)
- Gold palace where Rama was to reign (Thai Ramayana mural)
- This detail image on a mural at the Emerald Buddha Temple shows the gold palace where Rama's father announced that Rama would reign. Like many examples of classical Southeast Asian architecture, the palace has a series of ascending tiered roofs and columned...
- Format: image/photograph
- Grimes Mill
- Located at 600 North Church Street in Salisbury, this is the only roller mill museum in North Carolina.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Elevated houses
- In Rice farming and rural life in Vietnam, page 15
- Two thatch-roofed houses elevated on wood columns at Mai Chau provide excellent examples of highland village house construction. In the rear of the photograph, a person works in the shade under the house. Hand-hewn wooden walls, columns, shutter doors, and...
- By Lorraine Aragon.
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