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Consider using Sanborn maps to identify buildings like that.
Sanborn maps go back to the 1860's. I believe they do not have
the age of the building, but they do have materials of construction.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanborn_Maps
Mike
On 7/24/2019 12:00 AM, HISTARCH automatic digest system wrote:
> Dear HISTARCHers. Here in Alabama we are unearthing what appears to be a
> trapezoidal shaped brick, two story building on a similarly shaped lot that
> was built in 1819. At first, I thought we had two buildings intersecting
> one another, but now it appears that the building just had one "wonky" wall
> that went off at a odd 21 degree angle - perhaps to echo the shape of the
> lot on which it was built. So, now I'm looking for examples of similar
> buildings that were odd shaped to fit odd shaped urban lots from that
> period. I know there are probably oodles of late 19th century commercial
> buildings like this, but can anyone point me toward some early 19th
> century examples. Perhaps you have excavated one? The only one I can
> think of is the Trapezium House in Petersburg, Virginia near where I used
> to live. But with all the unusual town plans in early America that had
> streets intersecting one another at odd angles, there ought to be lots of
> examples. My problem is that I can't even figure out how to name these
> buildings so I can use the "google machine" to find some. Need your help,
> because everyone things we're seeing things. No one wants to accept a
> federal style building with walls that don't meet at right angles. HELP!
>
> Linda Derry
> Site Director, Old Cahawba Archaeological Park
> Alabama Historical Commission
> 9518 Cahaba Road, Orrville, AL 36767
> park: 334/ 875-2529
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