This is a list of original source books by author that had major influence in the 19th to the Architecture of North Carolina. This list is focused on those technical and trade books that are known to have been owned, used, or commonly available to 19th Century architects, builders and carpenters in North Carolina. I welcome additional suggestions and additions to this list.
Benjamin, Asher
American Builder’s Companion, Boston: Etheridge and Bliss, 1806
The Country Builder’s Assistant
The Practical House Carpenter
Bicknell, Amos Jackson,
Bicknell’s Cottage and Village Architecture, 1878
Bicknell=s Village Builder,,,,,,,,,,,,, 1870
Supplement to Bicknell=s Village Builder 1871
Biddle, Owen
The Young Carpenter=s Assistant, 1805
Comstock, William
American Cottages 1883
Modern Architectural Designs, 1881
Downing , Andrew Jackson
The Architecture of Country Houses, 1850
Cottage Residences, 1842
Gibbs, James
A Book of Architecture, Containing Designs of Buildings and Ornaments, London; n.p., 1728
Hopkins, John Henry,
Essay on Gothic Architecture, Burlington, Vt.; Smith and Harrington, 1836
Lafever, Minard
The Architectural Instructor 1856
The Beauties of Modern Architecture, 1835
The Modern Builders Guide 1833
Langley, Battty
The Builders Jewel, 1741
The City and Country Builder=s and Workman=s Treasury of Designs, 1745
Pain, William
The Builder’s Companion, 1758
The Builder’s Pocket Treasure, of, Palladio Delineated and Explained, 1766
The Practical Builder, 1774
Palliser’s New Cottage Homes, 1887
Ranlett, William
The Architect 2 vols 1847-49
Sloan, Samuel
The Model Architect 1852
Stuart, James and Revett, Nichololas
The Antiquities of Athens
Swan, Abraham
The British Architect, or, the Builder=s Treasury of Staircases, 1757
A Collection of Designs in Architecture, 2 Vols, 1757
Upjohn, Richard
Upjohn’s Rural Architecture, 1852
Preservation Orange County 