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Southern I-House style home. An I-house is a two or three-story house that is one room deep with a double-pen, hall-parlor, central-hall or saddlebag layout. [15] New England I-house: characterized by a central chimney [16] Pennsylvania I-house: characterized by internal gable-end chimneys at the interior of either side of the house [16]
Adobe-style homes in Santa Fe, New Mexico, often include large porches for entertainment called "portals", which are not usually seen in the more traditional adobe homes. Older American homes, particularly those built during the era of Victorian architecture , or built in the Queen Anne style , often include a porch in both the front and the ...
A hall-and-parlor house is a type of vernacular house found in early-modern to 19th century England, as well as in colonial North America. [1] It is presumed to have been the model on which other North American house types have been developed, such as the Cape Cod house , saltbox , and central-passage house , and in turn influenced the somewhat ...
The McNeills stayed faithful to the integrity of the home’s parlor while creating a comfy study to suit their needs by using the original hearth bricks and mantel and including the room's 100 ...
These huge historic homes date back to at least 1850, ... a formal dining room, a formal living parlor with plastered ceilings, and an entry parlor. The house can either act as a three-bedroom ...
An extra-tall Hollywood at Home canopy bed and large paper shade were selected to fill the expansive space. Bedding and draperies: custom, in Serena Dugan Studio fabrics . Chairs: vintage.
Veranda, as used in the United Kingdom and France, was brought by the British from India (Hindi: बरामदा, Urdu: برآمدہ).While the exact origin of the word is unknown, scholars suggest that the word may have originated in India or may have been adopted from the Portuguese [citation needed] and spread further to the British and French colonists. [6]
A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls. This idea was widely used in ancient Greece and has influenced many cultures, including most Western cultures. Porticos are sometimes topped with pediments.