# The First American Architectural Handbook

Printed in Deerfield, Massachusetts in 1797, The Country Builder’s Assistant by Benjamin Asher is the first architectural handbook written by an American author specifically for rural American builders.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2025
- Runtime: 7 min
- By: Stell, Marianna
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/video-10978/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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