Farmhouses That Became Boarding Houses in the Catskill Mountains of New York State
In this thesis the author uses oral histories to study vernacular architecture, analyzing the changes in the way people in the Catskills have used buildings, specifically farm dwellings, to make a living, first as farmers and then as proprietors of boarding houses. The Catskills region in upstate Ne...
Main Author: | Scheer, Virginia |
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Format: | Others |
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1999
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Online Access: | http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/755 http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1758&context=theses |
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