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This selection of buildings owned by the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America (NSCDA) encompasses the range of American vernacular architecture from roughly 1700 to 1900. Their distribution across the continental United States provides an anecdotal history of westward migration, and their design and construction demonstrate how American builders modified techniques imported from Europe and elsewhere to suit a variety of local climates, building materials, technologies, skills, and tastes. All of these structures were influenced by the building traditions and stylistic trends imported to this country, yet they possess a distinctly American appearance and ...