Toward An Ecology of Folk Housing in the East-Central Blue Ridge
Adler TA. 1980. Toward An Ecology of Folk Housing in the East-Central Blue Ridge. Historic Structure Report
In this document, the author presents a summary of the principal traditional house-types in the study area (Blue Ridge Mountains) and introduces individual examples of these types. It attempts to develop a cultural ecology of traditional housing in that region. This traditional housing is described as "folk housing." Through descriptions and quotes about representative examples of this folk architecture, the author aims to show that while some kinds of architectural meaning can be read from the form and fabric of the houses, there is also a larger set of meanings which arises from the fact of human occupancy itself. This essay was written for the American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress, which in cooperation with the NPS undertook the Blue Ridge Parkway Folklife Project in 1978. The author joined the project to help with the considerable architectural documentation task.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Adler, Thomas
- Date of Issue
- 1980-09
- Units
- BLRI , SER
- Keywords
- architecture, Blue Ridge Parkway Folklife Project, bungalow, dog-trot house, folk housing, folklife, Georgian-plan house, hall and parlor house, house types, I-House, Library of Congress, log house, morphotyplogy, pyramid house, rectangular cabin, saddlebag house, square cabin, Stack House, traditional housing, vernacular architecture