VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE VERNACULAR A R C H I T E C T U RE Henry Classic Photographs, Drawings, and Design by the Author Philadelphia MATERIAL CULTURE Bloomington and Indianapolis INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS • 2000 material culture This is the second in a series of books on material culture, co-published by Material Culture of Philadelphia and the Indiana University Press, edited by George Jevremovic', William T. Sumner, and Henry Glassie. Vernacular Architecture is an expanded revision of the fifth chapter of Henry Classic's Material Culture, published by the Indiana University Press in 1999. Photographs: cover, Dalarna, Sweden; p. 1, Anadarko, Oklahoma; p. 2, Kutahya, Turkey; p. 3, Somerset, England; p. 7, Lima Parish, Dalarna, Sweden; p. 200, Greene County, Tennessee Indiana University Press Material Culture 601 North Morton Street 4700 Wissahickon Ave., Suite 101 Bloomington, Indiana 47404-3797 USA Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19144 USA www.indiana.edu/~iupress www.materialculture.com Telephone orders 800-842-6796 Telephone 215-849-8030 Telephone orders 800-842-6796 Telephone 215-849-8030 Fax orders 812-855-7931 Fax 215-849-5535 Fax orders 812-855-7931 Fax 215-849-5535 Orders by e-mail [email protected] E-mail [email protected] © 2000 by Henry Glassie All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying or recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. The Association of American University Presses' Resolution on Permissions constitutes the only exception to this prohibition. The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences — Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Glassie, Henry H. Vernacular architecture / Henry Glassie; photographs, drawings, and design by the author p. cm.—(Material culture) "Expanded revision of the fifth chapter of Henry Glassie's Material culture, published by the Indiana University Press in 1999"—T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references and index, ISBN 478-0-253-33756-6 (cl. : a Ik. paper)—ISBN 478-U-2S3-2134S-2 (pbk. : alk. piper) t 1. Vernacular architecture. 2. Vernacular architecture—United States. I, Title. II, Material culture (Indiana University, Bloomington) NA208.G59 2000 720—dc21 00-040679 5 h 7 8 16 15 14 for James Marston Fitch VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE Glassie. Perthshire, Scotland. 1972 Ahmetler. Canakkale, Turkey. 1986 Shankharibazar. Dhaka, Bangladesh. 1998 Church. Ferdinand, Indiana. 1969