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Gilded Age mansions were lavish houses built between 1870 and the early 20th century by some of the richest people in the United States. These estates were raised by the nation's industrial, financial and commercial elite, who amassed great fortunes in era of expansion of the tobacco, railroad, steel, and oil industries coinciding with a lack ...
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A one-and-a-half-storey wood-shingled house originally built for Thomas Beamish Akins, surviving virtually in its original condition; one of the few remaining early 19th-century houses in Halifax and one of the oldest houses in the city 1815 Acacia Cottage 6080 South Street
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 .
Barrington Hall is one classic example of an antebellum home.. Antebellum architecture (from Antebellum South, Latin for "pre-war") is the neoclassical architectural style characteristic of the 19th-century Southern United States, especially the Deep South, from after the birth of the United States with the American Revolution, to the start of the American Civil War. [1]
Hot and cold water: at the start of the Victorian era, some houses had running tap water and a boiler for hot water. By the turn of the century, hot and cold running water were a common feature. Lighting powered by gas was available in many towns from the start of the Victorian era. By the end of the Victorian era, many houses had gas.
At some point in time in the late 19th century, the house was moved from Tupper Road to Main Street and was raised to its present two-story size. [62] The house remained in the Dillingham family until 1926 and has had multiple owners since. [62] Parkman Tavern: Concord c.1659 The Parkman Tavern was built by George Wheeler sometime around 1659.
West Cogswell House is a historic set of row houses located at 5–9 Summer Street and built in 1834; William Pike House, 19th Century; Witch House – c. 1642 – home of Witch Trials Judge Jonathan Corwin; William Murray House built in 1688; Yin Yu Tang House, was built around 1800 in China.