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  2. American Foursquare - Wikipedia

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    The American Foursquare or "Prairie Box" was a post-Victorian style, which shared many features with the Prairie architecture pioneered by Frank Lloyd Wright.. During the early 1900s and 1910s, Wright even designed his own variations on the Foursquare, including the Robert M. Lamp House, "A Fireproof House for $5000", and several two-story models for American System-Built Homes.

  3. Gingerbread (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    As railways were expanded into cities such as Stratford, more Ontario cottages and houses were built. They were typically one and a half story to one and three-quarter story brick homes with gingerbread wood trim on gables and the front facade. This type of house became prominent from the 1870s to the 1890s. [10]

  4. Andrew Carnegie Mansion - Wikipedia

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    The walls and coffered ceiling are made of oak; when the house was being built, Carnegie rejected proposals to clad the walls with marble or to hang tapestries on them. On the hall's south wall is a tympanum made of stained glass, as well as a doorway to the reception room, which is decorated with roundels. [ 96 ]

  5. Second Empire architecture in the United States and Canada

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    Particularly high-style examples follow the Louvre precedent by breaking up the facade with superimposed columns and pilasters that typically vary their order between stories. Vernacular buildings typically employed less and more eclectic ornament than high-style specimens that generally followed the vernacular development in other styles.

  6. This Is Why High Ceilings Are So Popular in Southern ... - AOL

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    Looks aside, building homes with these high, vaulted ceilings helped move hot air upward, keeping rooms and gathering areas cooler and less stuffy. Not the most mysterious old home feature , but ...

  7. American colonial architecture - Wikipedia

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    Josiah Dennis House, Dennis, Massachusetts, built 1735, Georgian colonial Hope Lodge, Whitemarsh Township, Pennsylvania, built 1750, Georgian colonial. Georgian buildings, popular during the reigns of King George II and King George III were ideally built in brick, with wood trim, wooden columns and painted white. In what would become the United ...

  8. The cheapest ways to build a house, and the most affordable ...

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    Finishes: High-end touches like exotic-stone kitchen countertops, imported floor tiles and custom built-ins can make your home stand out, but they will come at a higher cost.

  9. Here's How to Give an Old House a Modern Makeover Without ...

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    A variety of seating, from a blue Maiden Home sofa to a Serena & lily hanging chair, ensures the living room is well equipped for elevated entertaining and for the kids to play games or read.