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Octagon House in Watertown, Wisconsin, built 1853 David Van Gelder Octagon House in Catskill, New York, built 1860, photographed on January 13, 2008. This is a list of octagon houses. The style became popular in the United States and Canada following the publication of Orson Squire Fowler's 1848 book The Octagon House, A Home for All.
The glass that was used was imported from England and was incredibly expensive. [13] In the 18th century, many of these houses were restored and sash windows replaced the originals. These were invented by Robert Hooke (1635–1703) and were made so that one panel of glass easily slid up, vertically, behind another. [14]
The Cape May Historic District is an area of 380 acres (1.5 km 2) with over 600 buildings in the resort town of Cape May, Cape May County, New Jersey.The city claims to be America's first seaside resort and has numerous buildings in the Late Victorian style, including the Eclectic, Stick, and Shingle styles, as well as the later Bungalow style, many with gingerbread trim.
Tabby, made of lime, oyster shells, water, ash, and sand, was often poured out to make a hard flooring in these structures. [7] During the 18th century, the "common houses" were whitewashed in lime mortar with an oyster shell aggregate. Typically two-story, the houses included cooling porches to accommodate the Florida climate. [8]
In eastern Jordan, post hole markings in the soil give evidence to houses made of poles and thatched brush around 20,000 years ago. [16] In areas where bone — especially mammoth bone — is a viable material, evidence of structures preserve much more easily, such as the mammoth-bone dwellings among the Mal'ta-Buret' culture 24–15,000 years ...
Barrington Hall is one classic example of an antebellum home.. Antebellum architecture (from Antebellum South, Latin for "pre-war") is the neoclassical architectural style characteristic of the 19th-century Southern United States, especially the Deep South, from after the birth of the United States with the American Revolution, to the start of the American Civil War. [1]
A hallway extends the entire depth of the second story and is illuminated by a lamp made of cut glass and etched glass. [30] There are three bedrooms on this story. The front of the house contains a "hall bedroom" to the east and a master bedroom to the west, while the rear of the house contains another master bedroom to the west. [124]
George Washington, whose half-brother Augustine Washington Jr.'s son, Capt William Augustine Washington married Tayloe's sister, Sarah 'Sally' Tayloe, on May 11, 1799, found out and persuaded the Tayloes to build their house in the new capital city in an outlying section. The plan was to establish a node of development to stimulate fill-in growth.