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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. A Fireproof House for $5000 - Wikipedia

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    The layout of the Fireproof House is a response to the American Foursquare, [11] [12] a format popular across the United States in the early 1900s. The Foursquare and Fireproof House shared the common cause for simpler, more economical design. The typical American Foursquare was a simple two-story box divided into four equal quadrants per floor.

  4. Second Empire architecture in the United States and Canada

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    In practice, most Second Empire houses simply followed the same patterns developed by Alexander Jackson Davis and Samuel Sloan, the symmetrical plan, the L-plan, for the Italianate style, adding a mansard roof to the composition. Thus, most Second Empire houses exhibited the same ornamentational and stylistic features as contemporary Italianate ...

  5. Classic American foursquare house in Erie's Kahkwa area has ...

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    Built in 1923 for C.W. Bach, the 2,904-square-foot brick house features three original blueprints hanging on the dining room wall.

  6. American foursquares - the anti-Victorians - AOL

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    The dictionary defines foursquare as forthright, marked by boldness and conviction; just and fair in business dealings, firm and resolute. The architectural style American foursquares - the anti ...

  7. Category:American Foursquare architecture - Wikipedia

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    American Foursquare architecture in Washington, D.C. (1 P) Pages in category "American Foursquare architecture" The following 37 pages are in this category, out of 37 total.

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  9. Shirtwaist (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    A Shirtwaist house is a variation of the American Four Square architectural style, predominantly built at the beginning of the 20th century. It is characterized by a first floor of exposed brick or limestone and siding-wrapped second and third floors. [1] The style developed and is most commonly found in Kansas City.