Existing comment:
Recreating a Vanished Village:
Joseph F. Booton of the state architect's office was in charge of designing New Salem's "reconstruction." Archeology provided him many clues. Booton also relied on the recollections of former residents. Some remembered that one of the Berry-Lincoln stores was the only frame building in town, and that Samuel Hill owned the only two-story home.
Where there was no evidence, Booton made assumptions based on logic. He assumed, for example, that most of the village's stores had porches where people could father to pass the time of day or gossip. |