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Enclosed shed rooms are also sometimes found at the front, although a shed-roof front porch is the most common form. [1] [3] The breezeway through the center of the house is a unique feature, with rooms of the house opening into the breezeway. The breezeway provided a cooler covered area for sitting.
The Palladian-inspired main house at Drayton Hall near Charleston, South Carolina, built in 1738. Its planned side-wings and linking arcades were executed but demolished in the late 19th century. Most historical research has focused on the main houses of plantations, primarily because they were the most likely to survive and usually the most ...
This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the United States of America that are national memorials, National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places or other heritage register, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design.
These houses borrowed their style cues from the 1950s Western-styled ranch houses, with board and batten siding, dovecotes, large eaves, and extensive porches. Notably, all houses in this tract were on 1/4-acre lots, and had their front garages turned sideways so that the garage doors were not dominating the front of the house.
The Vanderbilts, one of America's wealthiest Gilded Age families, owned multiple opulent homes. The Breakers in Newport, Rhode Island, was their summer escape.
The original front and rear porches were removed, and the front porch was moved to the western or left side of the house. [73] [115] Even so, the building protruded slightly into the Rockefeller family's property to the north. [116] At its new site, the house was set back 33 feet (10 m) from the street. [117]
Beachwoods Inn for sale, located miles from Loris and a 30-minute drive from Myrtle Beach. Rustic bed and breakfast is for sale near Loris. It costs around $3 million
This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Virginia that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, other historic registers, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design.