The books below provide a broad overview on the field of historic preservation. The print resources will also help identify building styles and give proper nomenclature for their various elements.
Dictionaries & Other Reference Tools
Encyclopedia of the vernacular architecture of the world / edited by Paul Oliver
Fine Arts Library - Reference NA 208 .E33 1997 v.1-v.3
A field guide to American houses / by Virginia and Lee McAlester; with drawings by Lauren Jarrett, and model house drawings by Juan Rodriguez-Arnaiz
Fine Arts Library NA 7205 .M35 2013
Illustrated dictionary of architectural preservation: restoration, renovation, rehabilitation, reuse / Ernest Burden
Fine Arts Library NA 105 .B87 2003
An illustrated glossary of early southern architecture and landscape / Carl R. Lounsbury, editor; with editorial assistance by Vanessa E. Patrick; prepared at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Fine Arts Library NA 727 .I44 1999
The interiors handbook for historic buildings / edited by Charles E. Fisher, III ...[et al.]
Fine Arts Library NA 2850 .I580 1988
Old house dictionary: an illustrated guide to American domestic architecture, 1600-1940 / written and illustrated by Steven J. Phillips
Fine Arts Library NA 7205 .P48 1989
The visual dictionary of American domestic architecture / by Rachel Carley; illustrations by Ray Skibinski and Ed Lam
Fine Arts Library NA 7205 .C27 1994
