Question

do you feel that vernacular or academic buildings offered more information regarding Anglo colonist history?

Answer 1

History cannot be measured in one aspect and we need to consider all the aspects to get a whole idea.

Now coming to your question, Vernacular buildings did provide information related to Anglo colonist history. But not all the aspects. It gave an idea about the material available at that time, idea about people's requirements, about their traditions. They got the idea about the people's ability at that time and the instruments, materials used in the construction is known. They put together all the aspects that they gathered by different sources and got a clear picture of history. For your question, we can say that Vernacular buildings did provide information of Anglo colonist history but only a part of it.