American Architect and Building News. (Boston: James R. Osgood & Co.) Various issues- 1876-1878.

Benjamin, Asher. The American Builder's Companion. (Boston: Etheridge and Bliss in Charlestown) 1806.

Benjamin, Asher. The Country Builder's Assistant. (Greenfield, Massachusetts: Thomas Dickman) 1797.

Hafertepe, Kenneth and O'Gorman, James F. American Architects and their books to 1848. (Amherst, Massachusetts: University of Massachusetts Press) 2001.

Kirker, Harold. The Bulfinch Drawings in the American Antiquarian Society/ Reprinted from the Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, vol 86, April 1976 . (Worcester, Massachusetts: American Antiquarian Society) 1976.

Lafever, Minard. The Architectural Instructor: Containing a History of Architecture from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time. (New York: GP Putnam & Co.) 1856.

Shaw, Edward. Shaw's Civil Architecture. (Boston: John P Jewett & Co.) 1852.

Sloan, Samuel. City and Suburban Architecture. (Philadelphia: JB Lippincott & Co.) 1859.

Sloan, Samuel. Sloan's Architectural Review and Builder's Journal. (Philadelphia: Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger) 1868.

Smith, Thomas Gordon. The Diffusion of Grecian Architecture in the United States, 1830-1860. Online.

Withey, Henry F. Biographical Dictionary of American Architects. (Los Angeles: Hennessey & Ingalls, Inc.) 1970.

 

THE FOLLOWING IMAGES WERE USED IN THIS EXHIBIT:

INTRODUCTION:

“The Corinthian Base, Capital, and Entablature.” (Benjamin, Asher . The Country Builder's Assistant . Boston, 1798.
“Front Elevation for a Country Residence.” Lafever, Minard. The Modern Builder's Guide , New York, 1833.
“Perspective Building View in Philadelphia.” Sloan, Samuel. City and Suburban Architecture . Philadelphia, 1859.

DRAWINGS:

“Worcester Courthouse.” Bulfinch, Charles. Architectural Drawings Collection.
“Union Congregational Church.” Earle, Stephen. Architectural Drawings Collection.
“Asa Waters House.” Benjamin, Asher. Architectural Drawings Collection.
“Congregational Church.” Boyden, Elbridge. Architectural Drawings Collection.
“St. John's Church.” Earle & Fuller. Architectural Drawings Collection.

LITHOGRAPHS:

“Sunnyside” Currier & Ives. Lithograph Collection. Lithf CurrI Sunn.
“Franklin House, New Haven Connecticut.” Pendleton's Lithography. Lithograph Collection. Lithf PendJ Davi Fran.
“Knox College.” Mendel, Edward. Lithograph Collection. Lithf Mend Knox.
“Established by Christian C…Fur Building.” Hayward, George. Lithograph Collection. Lithf Hayw Esta.
“Mount Vernon Waltz.” Cover for E.L. Ripley's “Mount. Vernon Waltz,” 1857. Lithographed Sheet Music Collection.
“Sun Quick Step.” Cover for Albert Holland's “Sun Quick Step,” 1854. Lithographed Sheet Music Collection.

PERIODICALS:

“Columbia College.” New York Magazine , May 1790.
“Church of the Advent in Boston.” American Architect and Building News . Boston, May 27, 1876.
“School House Design.” New York Sketch Book of Architecture . Boston, March 1874.

FORBES COLLECTION:

“Pollard Tavern.” Bedford, MA. Photo by: Forbes, Harriette. May 11, 1933. Nitrate Negative. Nega ForbHM HousBox 4-133.
“Austin-Cooper House.” Cambridge, MA. Photo by: Forbes, Harriette. June 14, 1915. Acetate Negative. Nega ForbHM Hous Box 5-178.
“Alcott House, or Orchard House Museum.” Concord, MA. Photo by: Forbes, Harriet. Nitrate Negative. Nega ForbHM Hous Box 5-224.
“Mendon Church.” Mendon, MA. Photo by: Forbes, Harriette. Glass-plate negative. Nega ForbHM Hous Box 12-643.