Hi Jerry--

Thanks for the information about the old ethnic communities. Do you think the architecture was in imitation of the Old Country? (be it Germany or Denmark).

A great book I have read (Albion's Seed, by David Hackett Fischer) had the thesis that early British settlements in North America were made in large part by specific areas of Britain--New England being colonized primarily by settlers from East Anglia--as indicated by similar attitudes toward authority, toward education, toward religion,--as well as similar food, games, many of the same names of towns--including Dedham, Cambridge, and Boston--------and architecture.

He also draws similar parallels in the mid-Atlantic colonies, the South, and Appalachia.

A fascinating thesis--and very persuasive.