Colonial Homes in North Carolina

by John V. Allcott

CONTENTS

Page [Foreword] vii [Introduction] viii [Acknowledgments] ix CHAPTER [I. Colonial North Carolina Seen from the Air—Old Maps of the State and of Colonial Towns] 1 [II. A Visit to a Colonial Home] 18 [III. Kinds of Construction—Log Houses, Houses with a Wooden Frame, Brick and Stone Houses, Roofs] 26 [IV. Plan Ideas—The Study of Floor Plans] 55 [V. Interiors] 84 [VI. A Note on Later Colonial Architecture] 96 [VII. The Study of Old Architecture] 101