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  2. American historic carpentry - Wikipedia

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    Building a palisade wall for the fort at Jamestown, Virginia The Golden Plow Tavern in York, PA, is a very unusual American building. It is built with corner post construction on the ground floor, half-timbered style of timber framing on the upper floor and has a less common style of wood roof shingles than typical in America.

  3. Home construction - Wikipedia

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    New home construction, Pittsfield Township, Michigan Units under construction in Brighton, Victoria. Home construction or residential construction is the process of constructing a house, apartment building, or similar residential building [1] generally referred to as a 'home' when giving consideration to the people who might now or someday reside there.

  4. American colonial architecture - Wikipedia

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    The early colonists to this region adapted the "half-timber" style of construction then popular in Europe, which used a frame of braced timbers filled-in with masonry. The "bank house" was a popular form of home during this period, typically constructed into a hillside for protection during the cold winters and hot summers of the region.

  5. List of house types - Wikipedia

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    A wooden house in Tartu, Estonia. This is a list of house types.Houses can be built in a large variety of configurations. A basic division is between free-standing or single-family detached homes and various types of attached or multi-family residential dwellings.

  6. Kit house - Wikipedia

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    Cover of the 1916 catalog of Gordon-Van Tine kit house plans A modest bungalow-style kit house plan offered by Harris Homes in 1920 A Colonial Revival kit home offered by Sterling Homes in 1916 Cover of a 1922 catalog published by Gordon-Van Tine, showing building materials being unloaded from a boxcar Illustration of kit home materials loaded in a boxcar from a 1952 Aladdin catalogue

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    "Oakland Farm" (remodeled and expanded 1901), Portsmouth, Rhode Island, colonial era home he transformed into a summer home. "Vanderbilt Hotel" (1913), a hotel in Manhattan, New York, on Park Avenue and 34th Street. The penthouse served as a city residence for him. Gladys Vanderbilt Széchenyi (1886–1965) She was the wife of Count László ...

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