FULL ARTICLE By Justin Gunther – Why did Mount Vernon become such a popular design source? How did the house become a national symbol, one providing inspiration to building designers across America? This article examines those questions by tracing the popularization of George Washington’s house.

By Erika Nelson – Lucas, Kansas, a small farming community of 430 people nestled in the Geographic Center of the United States, is not dying. I believe this is due, in part, to S.P. Dinsmoor’s Garden of Eden.

FULL ARTICLE By Irene Lule – The SCA Archive now housed at The University of Texas at Austin documents the activities and business of the organization from its inception to the present, and is now available at Texas Archival Resources Online.

FULL ARTICLE Assistant Professor of Historic Preservation, Christine Henry, reveals some of the secrets behind her article in the Spring 2018 Issue of the SCA Journal, “Getting to the Bottom of Ohio’s Mysterious Blue Hole.”

FULL ARTICLE By Heather M. David – As part of The San Jose Signs Project launch in May 2017, 25 San Jose signs were selected around which to build a one-day driving tour. Here are five of my favorites.

By Christine Rae Henry – The Blue Hole, touted as one of Ohio’s natural wonders, has always loomed large in my imagination. Located just east of the town of Castalia, only six miles south of the shore of Sandusky Bay on Lake Erie, the Blue Hole was a mixture of sublime beauty and roadside attraction for nearly 75 years.

FULL ARTICLE Historic preservation planner, Chris Berger, answers a few questions regarding his article in the Spring 2018 issue of the SCA Journal, “Fountain of Youth-Themed Cyclorama Awaits New Life in Florida”

By Chris Berger – It’s a clear spring morning at Warm Mineral Springs on Florida’s Gulf Coast and sweat is collecting at my hairline as I stand outside the shuttered Cyclorama, a windowless concrete block structure shaped like a giant tuna can.

By Mary Ann Buckner The first road in Kentucky was known as the “Wilderness Road,” aptly named since the area was largely unsettled country back in 1769. Inhabited by only about 70,000 settlers at the time, these woodsmen with rifles and axes made their way through the Cumberland Mountains to what is now known as the Commonwealth of Kentucky. For roadside fans, Kentucky doesn’t have a Route 66 or the gleaming silver diners of the Northeast. The state does, however, have plenty of backroads, where on any given day, a commercial archaeologist will undoubtedly see something worthy of a stop.