Always on: America

Buildings from America

America

This three-room log house from Clarksville, Greene County, Pennsylvania was home to Uriah and Marinda Hupp and their twelve children.

The General Store was an essential part of American life as settlers built communities and livelihoods in their new country.

In 1700s America, tinware became popular for making household goods. Edward Pattison was one of the first tinsmiths in America.

Wheels are complex structures that required skills in carpentry and blacksmithing to build.

Richard McCallister, the descendent of migrants from Ulster, built this house in Cabell County, West Virginia, in 1827.

Francis Rogan's prosperity is reflected in this red brick home. However, the Rogan's wealth was owed to the work of enslaved people.

The Cunningham Springhouse is a fine example of how farm life demanded craft, innovation, hard labour and self-sufficiency.