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  2. American colonial architecture - Wikipedia

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    Bronck House, Coxsackie, NY, built 1663; Dutch Colonial. Developed from around 1630 with the arrival of Dutch colonists to New Amsterdam and the Hudson River Valley in what is now New York [9] and in Bergen in what is now New Jersey. [10] [11] Initially the settlers built small, one room cottages with stone walls and steep roofs to allow a ...

  3. First period houses in Massachusetts (1620–1659) - Wikipedia

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    The Richard Sparrow House is allegedly [a] the oldest surviving house in Plymouth having been built around 1640. [13] [14] Renovations were last done on the house in 1934 and the Richard Sparrow House now operates as a museum. [15] No dendrochronology survey has been conducted on the house, leaving the original build date as an estimate.

  4. American historic carpentry - Wikipedia

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    These houses may simply be called plank houses. Some building historians prefer the term plank-on-frame. Plank-frame houses are known from the 17th century with concentrations in the Massachusetts Bay Colony and Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. The carpentry consists of a timber frame with vertical planks extending from sill ...

  5. First Period - Wikipedia

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    The Fairbanks House in Dedham, Massachusetts, the oldest still-standing timber structure in North America, was built in c. 1637. First Period is an American architecture style originating between approximately 1626 and 1725, used primarily by British colonists during the settlement of the British colonies of North America, particularly in Massachusetts and Virginia.

  6. History of construction - Wikipedia

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    The concrete was made of nothing more than rubble and mortar. It was cheap and very easy to produce and required relatively unskilled labour to use, enabling the Romans to build on an unprecedented scale. They not only used it for walls but also to form arches, barrel vaults and domes, which they built over huge spans. The Romans developed ...

  7. Colonial history of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Spanish colonized Florida in the 16th century, with their communities reaching a peak in the late 17th century. In the British and French colonies, most colonists arrived after 1700. They cleared land, built houses and outbuildings, and worked on the large plantations that dominated export agriculture. Many were involved in the labor ...

  8. Category : Buildings and structures completed in the 1700s

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    Pages in category "Buildings and structures completed in the 1700s" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

  9. 1700 in architecture - Wikipedia

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    Brown House, Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA Castillo de San Pedro de la Roca , Santiago de Cuba (begun 1638), by Giovanni Battista Antonelli DeWint House , Tappan, New York , USA, by Daniel DeClark