Kris and Fellow HistArchers:
Many of the HABS drawings are accessible digitally through the Library of Congress "American Memories" web pages. A remarkable resource. Just go to www.loc.gov and follow the trail for American Memories.
Jim Gibb
Annapolis, Maryland USA
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From: George Avery
Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 6:06 PM
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Subject: antebellum floor plans
Kris,
Quickly a suggestion. The Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) drawings
are at the Library of Congress, I think. There are drawings of
any number of Cane River houses there: Melrose, Badin-Roque, Prudhomme-
Rouqier, etc. The Cane River Heritage Area office may have other
suggestions--you might contact Dr.Nancy Morgan there.
Cane River National Heritage Area
Nancy I. M. Morgan, Director
P.O. Box 1201
Natchitoches, LA 71458
(318) 356-5555
(318) 356-8222 fax
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http://www.nps.gov/cari
There is a very informative thesis on the development of Creole architecture by
Ms.Carolyn Wells (NSU thesis Natchitoches, La.). Good luck.
Pete Gregory
Dept. of Social Sciences
Northwestern State University
Natchitoches, LA 71497
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Kris Hirst
Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 8:54 AM
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Subject: Re: antebellum floor plans
Hey all:
I'm looking to find a floor plan of the house and grounds of an
antebellum plantation. Best would be the Tauzin-Wells House, or anything
on Cane River, but I'd take pretty much anything from the late
18th/early 19th cs. Any suggestions where I might look? Book, website,
person to email, discussion list to post on?
Thanks
Kris
K. Kris Hirst
The Wasteflake Project
http://www.wasteflake.com and
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the primacy of its empirical data--for these can outlast theories--and
the political and human ramifications of its actions, as it reflectively
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