Vernacular architecture in the Codroy Valley: local and external influences on the development of a building tradition

• Main Author: MacKinnon, Richard Paul
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Memorial University of Newfoundland 1990
• Subjects: Breton Island; Canada; Newfoundland
• Online Access: https://research.library.mun.ca/10952/; https://research.library.mun.ca/10952/1/MacKinnon_RichardPaul.pdf

This thesis examines the vernacular architecture tradition of one region of Canada, the Codroy Valley, Newfoundland, and is based on a wide range of both field and archival materials. The important factors in the development of this building tradition were: cultural antecedents, economics, internati...