By John R. Stevens. The author was the Architectural Historian consultant to the Nassau County Museum, Long Island, NY. While planning the restoration of the circa 1730 Minne Schenck house there, he became interested in Dutch-American buildings in general. He proceeded to conduct on-site analysis and recording of structures throughout the area of early Dutch settlement in America, and to make comparisons with prototypes in Europe. The resulting wealth of data grew into this definitive tome on primarily pre-1780 buildings, and is filled with photos of structures and their details, as-well-as line drawings and descriptive text of the surviving gems in our architectural heritage. 12x9 449 pages biblio index 100s of b&w photos and detailed drawings Paper