Visona, Monica Blackmun, Robin Poyner, and Herbert M. Cole. A History of Art in Africa. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson Education, Inc., 2008:191.
Architecture: Europeans and local entrepreneurs on the coast have created Creole communities, whose homes and business establishments are hybrids of foreign and African architectural forms. A distinctive domestic architecture was also developed by Americans of African descent who settled in Liberia. Around the time of the civil war many former slaves left the U.S. and settled in Liberia. Many of the settlers were experienced in the construction techniques from southern plantations. This image is of the Macon Hall House in Libera. It was constructed of wooden frame covered with sawn planks. The roof was made of imported metal sheets. The house also included wooden trim and shutters, and entrance steps to a covered veranda. The Macon Hall House was a symbol of modernity and imported cultural values.