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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. Some scholars believe the style developed in the post- Revolution frontiers ...
The house was built by Wilks Brooks and his fifteen-year-old son Joseph Brooks; construction started in October 1834 and ended in 1835. [3] [4] The Wilks Brooks house is the oldest example of Greek Revival architecture in the Shelby County, Tennessee area. It is an L-shaped dwelling with two stories and has a central hallway, known as a dog ...
The Champ Grubbs House is a historic antebellum dog trot log cabin in rural Drew County, Arkansas. It is located on Ozment Bluff Road (now County Road 141), west of Arkansas Highway 172 and southwest of the county seat of Monticello. The single story log structure is estimated to have been built in 1859, and is one of the few such surviving ...
The Martha Poe Dogtrot House, also known as Mayhar Plantation Stage Stop, in Thomas County, Georgia near Metcalf, Georgia, was built c.1850-1876. It is a dog trot house which is believed to have served as a stage stop . It was built with two hewn log pens covered by a single roof, with a breezeway space in between, but the breezeway was later ...
Blakely House is a dogtrot house located on Arkansas Highway 84 in Social Hill, Arkansas. Greenberry Blakely, one of the first settlers of Hot Spring County , built the house in 1874. The two-room log house is representative of Arkansas homes at the time, as dogtrot houses were popular in the state during the late 1800s.
This single-story dog trot house was built in stages, beginning with a single log pen that probably predates the American Civil War. Around 1895 this structure was expanded to form the dog-trot by William Kirksey. The only significant alteration since then is the replacement of the original chimney in the mid-20th century with the present brick ...
Also known as the Robert C. Bryan House, it is a dogtrot-style log house built of hand-hewn timbers. It was built by Hugh Denhard. [2] It is located 0.5 mi. east of junction of Georgia State Route 247 and Story St., near Kathleen, Georgia . The listing has a second contributing building, [1] which is a "one-room, wood-framed building that may ...
The Autrey House, now hosting the Autrey House Museum, is a historic house located at the junction of LA 151 and LA 152, about 1.1 miles (1.8 km) west of Dubach, Louisiana. Built in 1849 by Absalom Autrey, the house is a rare example of dog trot house , as less than ten of these houses still remain in Louisiana.