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The dogtrot, also known as a breezeway house, dog-run, or possum-trot, is a style of house that was common throughout the Southeastern United States during the 19th and early 20th centuries. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Some theories place its origins in the southern Appalachian Mountains .
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]
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 ...
Slave house with a sugar kettle in the foreground at Woodland Plantation in West Pointe a la Hache, Louisiana. Houses for enslaved people were often of the most basic construction. Meant for little more than sleeping, they were usually rough log or frame one-room cabins; early examples often had chimneys made of clay and sticks.
Pages in category "19th-century architecture in the United States" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
At some point in time in the late 19th century, the house was moved from Tupper Road to Main Street and was raised to its present two-story size. [62] The house remained in the Dillingham family until 1926 and has had multiple owners since. [62] Parkman Tavern: Concord c.1659 The Parkman Tavern was built by George Wheeler sometime around 1659.
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]
19th; 20th; 21st; 22nd; 23rd; 24th; ... Pages in category "Houses completed in the 19th century" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately ...