Hi Ken

Hmm, as I understand it, "first period" is the term often associated with the earliest of established colonial architecture....from about 1620 to 1720-1730 or so. Basically the 17th century, but extending somewhat into the first few decades of the 18th.

I hope to do a lot of the work myself, but I am not an architect/engineer so I need some assistance creating plans that would pass inspection. To those ends, my primary goal is to maintain as much authenticity as possible, such that HVAC, plumbing, elec, are all shrewdly disguised, camouflaged into the structure.

cheers
Drew