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Building styles in the 13 colonies were influenced by techniques and styles from England, as well as traditions brought by settlers from other parts of Europe. In New England, 17th-century colonial houses were built primarily from wood, following styles found in the southeastern counties of England. Saltbox style homes and Cape Cod style homes ...
The original portion of the house consisted of only the eastern section, as the family grew a western wing was later added on. Generations of the Thatcher family lived in the house until the 1970s when it was given to S.P.N.E.A. (now Historic New England). [23] Norwood-Hyatt House: Gloucester: c.1664
A historic house at 39 Essex Street. [100] Claflin–Richards House: Wenham 1690 Constructed with ogee braces, an architectural hallmark of 16th- and 17th-century English dwellings. Spencer–Peirce–Little Farm: Newbury c. 1690: One of the oldest stone buildings in New England. Old Jail: Barnstable 1690 Oldest wooden prison in America ...
The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 when it was owned by the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, now called Historic New England. The ...
From the New England saltbox to the southwestern Pueblo, we've dug into the history of some of the most popular house styles across the country, detailing their defining characteristics, popular ...
"Kragsyde," Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts (1883–1885, demolished 1929), Peabody and Stearns, architects. The shingle style is an American architectural style made popular by the rise of the New England school of architecture, which eschewed the highly ornamented patterns of the Eastlake style in Queen Anne architecture.
The Fairbanks House in Dedham, Massachusetts, the oldest still-standing timber structure in North America, was built in c. 1637. First Period is an American architecture style originating between approximately 1626 and 1725, used primarily by British colonists during the settlement of the British colonies of North America, particularly in Massachusetts and Virginia.
Cape Cod–style house c. 1920. The Cape Cod house is defined as the classic North American house. In the original design, Cape Cod houses had the following features: symmetry, steep roofs, central chimneys, windows at the door, flat design, one to one-and-a-half stories, narrow stairways, and simple exteriors.