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A 5 page paper which examines the development of English Colonial and Georgian architecture in early American history as seen in the work Early American Architecture by Hugh Morrison. No additional sources cited.
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architecture movements taking place throughout the world at one time or another. The early settlers clearly had to make do with whatever they could come up with at the very
beginning, just enough shelter to survive winters. But, as time moved along and success was slowly growing the architecture grew as well, becoming more intricate and complex. The following paper
offers an examination of what Hugh Morrison has to say about English Colonial and Georgian architecture in his work Early American Architecture. Early American Architecture: Colonial and Georgian
In this book the author illustrates how log cabins of the early settlers is largely something of a myth, although there were some
cabins. For the most part the author argues that necessity led many to live in very primitive structures until they could begin to build something better. Clearly the environment influenced
what they could construct in the beginning. And, it is clear that time also influenced what they could construct. In the early colonial times people were often working far too
hard to spend a great deal of time on constructing a new home of one sort or another. Survival was first and foremost on the list and as such just
the bare necessities were sufficient in the beginning. In Morrisons text he shows examples of various forms of connecting logs together for housing in the early days.
Morrison (1987) indicates that, "As soon as they were able, the early settlers replaced their flimsy and temporary dugouts, cabins, and wigwams with fayre houses-
in other words substantial and well-finished houses such as they had live in in the mother country" (14). The author, on this or the following page, does not provide a
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