WPA Architectural Models

Model, Instructional
1221.001
Massachusetts Farm House
Massachusetts Farm House model. 1685 Townsend-Sweetser Lynnfield. Title located on the top of the base. The Townsend-Sweetser Farm House in Massachusetts in located in Wakefield, right on the edge on Lynnfield, which is the location given on th... View Full Record
Model, Instructional
1221.002
Plank House
Plank House. Northwestern Pacific Coast. Title located on the top of the base. The Plank House on the Northwestern Pacific Coast were homes made and lived in by the Native Americans of the Northwest. Stretching from Northern California to Southe... View Full Record
Model, Instructional
1221.003
California Provincial
California Provincial 19th Century Monterrey Title located on the top of the base. The California Provincial of 19th Century Monterrey was originally the Old Whaling Station of Monterrey, the first capital of California. The building was original... View Full Record
Model, Instructional
1221.004
Georgian 1826-19-- Eagle Hotel Waterford, Pa.
Georgian 1826-19-- Eagle Hotel Waterford, Pa. Title located on the top of the base. The Eagle Hotel was built in 1826 by Thomas King in Waterford, PA located within Erie County. The town is located near the historic Fort LeBoeuf where the confl... View Full Record
Model, Instructional
1221.005
William Penn's House
William Penn's House/ WPA Museum Extension Harrisburg Unit 5 "W.M. Penn's House" located on the front of the base. "WPA Museum Extension Harrisburg Unit 5" located on the back side of the base. William Penn's House is located in Fairmount Park i... View Full Record
Model, Instructional
1221.006
Tipi
Tipi Title located on the top of the base. Tipis were the homes of the Native Americans of the Great Plains and is the Lakota word for "living in." Tipis are cone-shaped tents that are made up of two basic necessities to the natives of America; a... View Full Record
Model, Instructional
1221.007
Daniel Boone's Home
Daniel Boone's Home Title located on the front of the base. The Daniel Boone Home is located in Birdsboro, Pennsylvania. It was built on rich Pennsylvania farmland in 1735. This land served as the place where Daniel Boone was born and as the pl... View Full Record
Model, Instructional
1221.008
Massachusetts Farm House
Mass. Farm House 1683 Capen Topsfield The Massachusetts Farm House 1683 Capen Topsfield is a home referred to as the Parson Capen House. This home was built in 1683, in Topsfield, Massachusetts by the town's Reverend Capen who was a devoted man of... View Full Record
Model, Instructional
1221.009
Washington's Headquarters
Washington's Headquarters/ WPA Museum Extension Harrisburg Unit 5 "Washington's Headquarters" Located on the front side of the base. "WPA Museum Extension Harrisburg Unit 5" located on the back side of the base. The Washington Headquarters of 17... View Full Record
Model, Instructional
1221.010
Georgian Townhouse
Georgian Townhouse 1787 Reynolds-Morris Philadelphia Title located on the top of the base. The Reynolds-Morris House is a Georgian Townhouse that was built in 1787 on South 8th Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The house was built by John Re... View Full Record
Model, Instructional
1221.011
Cape Cod Cottage
Cape Cod Cottage 1681-1715 Quincy, Mass. Adam's House Shield Says WPA District 15 Title located on the top of the base. The Cape Cod Cottage 1681 - 1715 located in Quincy, Massachusetts is the birthplace of John Quincy Adams, the sixth president... View Full Record
Model, Instructional
1221.012
Conrad Weiser Homestead
Conrad Weiser Homestead/WPA Museum Extension Harrisburg Unit 5 "Conrad Weiser Homestead" located on the front of the base. "WPA Museum Extension Harrisburg Unit 5" located on the back side of the base. The Conrad Weiser Homestead is located in... View Full Record
Model, Instructional
1221.013
Farmhouse Viewmont
Farmhouse Viewmont 1740 Carters Bridge, Va. Title located on the top of the base. The Viewmont Farmhouse of 1740 is located in Carters Bridge, Albemarle County, Virginia, and was built by a founding father of the county, Joshua Fry, in 1737. Th... View Full Record
Model, Instructional
1221.014
Pennsylvania Farmhouse
Pennsylvania Farm House Muller 1752 Millbach Title located on top of the base. The Pennsylvania Farm House was actually named the Miller House and Mill, but the name was most likely changed from the immigrant's original last name, Mueller. The h... View Full Record
Model, Instructional
1221.015
Byzantine House
Byzantine House 10th-15th Centuries Constantinople Title located at the top of the base. The Byzantine House is a replication of houses that were commonly build during the Byzantine Empire from the 10th century to the 15th century. The Byzantine... View Full Record
Model, Instructional
1221.016
Igloo
Igloo/Northern America-Greenland Title located on the top of the base. The Igloos of the North American and Greenland lands are shelters built out of snow blocks by the people who inhabit the area. They are also known as snow huts and are not bui... View Full Record
Model, Instructional
1221.017
Iroquois Long House
Iroquois Long House Title located on the top of the base. The Iroquois Longhouses was a long wooden house built by the different tribes within the Iroquois group. They could reach a length of 100 meters, but never more than 5 to 7 meters in widt... View Full Record
Model, Instructional
1221.018
Swiss Chalet
Swiss Chalet Title Located on the top of the base. Swiss Chalet is an architectural style from the Romantic era. A Swiss Chalet is a house that originated to the areas of Switzerland and the Alpine region. These buildings are made of wood with tw... View Full Record
Model, Instructional
1221.019
Hessian Guard House
Hessian Guard House/WPA Museum Extension Harrisburg Unit 5 "Hessian Guard House" located on the front of the base. "WPA Museum Extension Harrisburg Unit 5" located on the back side of the base. The Hessian Guard House was built in Carlisle, Pa i... View Full Record
Model, Instructional
1221.020
Old Derry Church
Old Derry Church/WPA Museum Extension Harrisburg Unit 5 "Old Derry Church" located on the front of the base. "WPA Museum Extension Harrisburg Unit 5" located on the right side of the base. The Old Derry Church is located near Hershey, and was th... View Full Record
Model, Instructional
1221.021
Betsy Ross House
Betsy Ross House Philadelphia, Pa. 1700 WPA District 15 on shield. Title located on the top of the base. The Betsy Ross House is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The house was built over 250 years ago and was actually a two-part build. T... View Full Record
Model, Instructional
1221.022
Cliff Dwellings
Cliff Dwellings Southwestern U.S.A. Title located on the top of the base. Cliff dwellings of the Southwest area in the United States are living spaces or dwellings placed within the caves of the high cliffs in places like Arizona, Utah, Colorad... View Full Record
Model, Instructional
1221.023
Brothers House Ephrata Cloisters
Brothers House Ephrata Cloisters/WPA Museum Extension Harrisburg Unit 5 "Brothers House Ephrata Cloisters" located on the front of the base. "WPA Museum Extension Harrisburg Unit 5" located on the back side of the base. No shield Ephrata Cl... View Full Record
Model, Instructional
1221.024
Norwegian Peasant House
Norwegian Peasant House Title located on the top of the base. Norwegian Peasant Houses were often made of logs with stone wall bases. The walls of the houses consisted of logs stacked in a way that made the logs cross at the corners of the house... View Full Record
Model, Instructional
1221.025
Cave Cabin
Cave Cabin Delaware River Bank Phila. 1682 Phila. Museum Ext. Proj. WPA "Cave Cabin" located on the front of the base. "Delaware River Bank" located on the right side of the base. "Phila. 1692" located on the left side of the base. "Phila. Museu... View Full Record
Model, Instructional
1221.026
Jennie Wade's House
Jennie Wade's House/WPA Museum Extension Harrisburg Unit 5 "Jennie Wades House" located on the front of the base. WPA Museum Extension Harrisburg Unit 5" located on the left side of the base. The Jennie Wade House belonged to a woman named Mar... View Full Record
Model, Instructional
1221.027
Mennonite Meeting House
Mennonite Meeting House/WPA Museum Extension Harrisburg Unit 5 "Mennonite Meeting House" located on the front of the base. "WPA Museum Extension Harrisburg Unit 5" located on the back side of the base. The Mennonite Meeting House is located in G... View Full Record
Model, Instructional
1221.028
African Hut
African Hut Title located on the top of the base. The traditional huts of Africa are known as beehive dwellings, and were made out of mud and wood. The framework consists of a vertical wooden frame in a circular fashion, filled in by mud that i... View Full Record
Model, Instructional
1221.029
Conestoga Wagon
Conestoga Wagon 1750 Museum Extension Project written on the left side of title and the P.A. WPA shield on the right side. The Conestoga Wagons were horse-drawn freight wagons that trailed the routes along the Conestoga River and specifically the... View Full Record
Model, Instructional
1221.030
Pueblo
Pueblo Southwestern U.S.A. Title located on the top of the base. The Pueblos of the Southwestern deserts were houses for the Pueblo people, and were commonly made out of stone, wood, and adobe with was a type of mud. They had flat roofs and ofte... View Full Record
Model, Instructional
1221.031
Washington's Headquarters
Washington's Headquarters 1760 Potts House Valley Forge, Pa. Title located on the top of the base. The Washington Headquarters of 1760 at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania is located in Montgomery County. This Georgian style stone building is the plac... View Full Record
Model, Instructional
1221.032
Viterbo 12th C. Unknown Romanesque House
Unknown Romanesque House from 12th Century Viterbo, Italy Title located on front of base "ian Romanesque" (possible Italian Romanesque) - corner chip has removed part of the name. 12th C. and Viterbo located on back and side of base. This Rom... View Full Record
Model, Instructional
1221.033
House of Martin Van Rossum
House of Martin Van Rossum 16 C. Flemish House Title located on front of base "House of Martin Van Rossum" 16th C. and Flemish House located on back and side of base. The Flemish House of Maarten van Rossumhuis is a 16th century home in the Du... View Full Record
Model, Instructional
1221.034
Modern House
Modern House Title on front side of the base. The Modern House model is an exemplary ideal of what the modern houses. Modern architecture was not like other architectural styles or movements because it focused on new materials and new technologi... View Full Record
Model, Instructional
1221.035
Georgian Townhouse
Georgian Townhouse 1787 Reynolds-Morris Philadelphia Title located on all four front sides of the base. The Reynolds-Morris House is a Georgian Townhouse that was built in 1787 on South 8th Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The house was bui... View Full Record
Model, Instructional
1221.036
Roman House
Roman House Title located on front side of base. The Roman House is a perfect example of the construction of a typical house in Ancient Roman times. Each layout from left to right consisted of two shops (taberna) and an entrance hall (vestibulum... View Full Record