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  2. American colonial architecture - Wikipedia

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    Building styles in the 13 colonies were influenced by techniques and styles from England, as well as traditions brought by settlers from other parts of Europe. In New England, 17th-century colonial houses were built primarily from wood, following styles found in the southeastern counties of England. Saltbox style homes and Cape Cod style homes ...

  3. List of the oldest buildings in Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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    The house today is a museum and headquarters of the Uxbridge Historical Society. It is an excellent example of early New England colonial architecture. White–Ellery House: Gloucester: 1710 Affirmed traditional date in survey carried out around 2012. [citation needed] Choate-Caldwell House: Ipswich: 1710

  4. List of the oldest buildings in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The house today is a museum and headquarters of the Uxbridge Historical Society. It is an excellent example of early New England colonial architecture. Buttolph-Williams House: Wethersfield: CT 1711 Residential One of the oldest surviving homes in Wethersfield, declared a National Historic Landmark in 1968. [78] Randall–Hale Homestead: Stow ...

  5. Colonial House (Style Spotlight)

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    By Bud Dietrich, AIA From sea to shining sea, America's most enduring home style remains the New England Colonial. It conjures up images of small-town America, the village green, Fourth of July ...

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

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    Architecture on the exteriors of the house now date to the 1850s to 1870's as the home was lived in and updated. Two gabled dormers were added, and the house received a simple Italianate manner. [50] The John Chenery House remained in the family until 1971. [50] Thomas Scruggs House [b] — Beverly: c.1654

  7. First period houses in Massachusetts (1660–1679) - Wikipedia

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    At some point in time c. 1815 Federal architecture was incorporated into the residence. The mansion was later moved to its present location in 1837. Colonial period features still found at the residence include the 5 bay second floor, as well as two "diminutive" parallel summer beams in the oldest portion of the house. [29] Porter Bradstreet ...

  8. 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.

  9. Saltbox house - Wikipedia

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    Thomas Lee House, East Lyme, Connecticut. A saltbox house is a gable-roofed residential structure that is typically two stories in the front and one in the rear. It is a traditional New England style of home, originally timber framed, which takes its name from its resemblance to a wooden lidded box in which salt was once kept.