PRESERVING OUR AMERICAN HERITAGE THROUGH COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE (RESTORATION, REPRODUCTION, DESIGN

The Project Demonstrating Excellence is two separate entities, a multi-media presentation and a dissertation which speaks to the adaptation and blending of this art form with today's technology.;Intention was to structure the Project Demonstrating Excellence to include an analysis of good and bad in Colonial design, but once research began it was no longer applicable to the work. This was because the learner dealt with a form of folk art, not with an interpre- tation of a specifically defined piece of work by a specific designer. Folk art allows for individual creativity. Since there were a number of features which were characteristic of Colonial architecture, those features were used as a means of defining this architecture. The challenge then became how to make this early American folk art architecture adaptable to the lifestyle of 20th century living without losing its authentic flavor. These are the reasons the outline appears as it does.;The multi-media presentation is an abbreviated version of the dissertation professionally narrated and set to specifically composed.;music. The following is an outline of the dissertation portion of the Project Demonstrating Excellence. (UNFORMATTED TABLE FOLLOWS).;CHAPTER I - Statement of Purpose.;CHAPTER II - Section I.;The Purpose of Section I.;American Historic Architectural Review: (a) Early Colonial.;Period (Medieval) 1670-1735; (b) Mid Colonial Period.;(Georgian) 1735-1790; (c) Late Colonial Period (Federal).;1790-1820.;CHAPTER III - Section II.;The Purpose of Section II.;The Clendenin House: Building a new house of the early.;and mid-colonial period with special effects in blending and.;camouflaging old and new. (a) Background Information;;(b) The Plan; (c) A Brief Tour; (d) Outside Covering;;(e) Nails; (f) Main Cornice and Roof; (g) Fenestration;;(h) Front Entrance; (i) Secondary Exterior Doors;;(j) Windows; (k) Glass; (l) Interior Construction;;(m) Interior Walls, Woodwork and Floors; (n) Stairs;;(o) Kitchen, Buttery and Laundry Room; (p) Lighting;;(q) Powder Rooms, Dressing Rooms and Bath; (r) Vacuum.;System; (s) The Sprinkling System and Utility Meters;;(t) Burglar Alarm System; (u) Paint; (v) Doors;;(w) Hardware.;CHAPTER IV - Analysis and Results of the Project.;What was learned from this project.;Dictates of society as a whole.;Has the attitude of society changed as the appreciation.;of this art form has grown?;CHAPTER V - Interpretation.;CHAPTER VI - Recommendations.;Illustrations.;Glossary of Terms.;Foot Notes.;Bibliography.;(TABLE ENDS).