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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 .
Florida cracker style house. Florida cracker architecture or Southern plantation style is a style of vernacular architecture typified by a low slung, wood-frame house, with a large porch. It was widespread in the 19th and early 20th century. Some elements of the style are still popular as a source of design themes.
Often, the rear shed rooms began as a full-width rear porch and were later enclosed. Although not depicted in this plan, many similar houses also have windows in front. No scale was specified in the original image; however, based on the typical dimensions for Dogtrot houses, this version presumes a scale of 1px = 1in. Sized of door and window ...
Dogtrot architecture in the United States by state (7 C) Pages in category "Dogtrot architecture" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.
Combinations define other types. A two-story, single pen house is known as a stack house. Pens can also be extended side by side to create a two-pen house, which with a central hall becomes a dogtrot. A two-story, two-pen house is the basic I-house. The house may by modified by additions, but the pen system provides a classification.
Neo-eclectic architecture combines a wide array of decorative techniques taken from an assortment of different house styles. It can be considered a devolution from the clean and unadorned modernist styles and principles behind the Mid-Century modern and Ranch-style houses that dominated North American residential design and construction in the first decades after the Second World War.
Originally, the Nathan Cobb Cottage included a wood outer kitchen structure that was connected to the cottage by a dog-trot (breezeway). All of these structures were built from pieces of salvaged wood from the Nathan F. Cobb schooner. The wood outer kitchen structure and dog-trot were removed in the 1920s most likely due to wood rot.
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