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Also, in the United States, as settlement moved westward into areas without large stands of hardwood trees, such material became very expensive. [2] Gothic-arch design guide. The Gothic arch originated in Michigan in the late 19th-century; [3] the first occurrence may have been in Isabella County in 1885. [4] Arches were cut from boards nailed ...
Typical configurations include farm buildings used for both livestock and grain/hay storage. The bastle house is an arrangement which places the living quarters above the farm building and, usually, the farm animals. This type of connected farm was common as a defensive arrangement; living quarters were located high above for security reasons.
Granot Loma, County Road 550 on the Lake Superior shore north of Thoneys Pt., Powell Township, Marquette, Michigan (Loma Farms complex, which was the farm component of a large estate, was constructed in 1927 by the Bartlett Construction Company of Eau Claire, Wisconsin; Bartlett used a number of designs provided by the Louden Machinery Company ...
Timber design or wood design is a subcategory of structural engineering that focuses on the engineering of wood structures. Timber is classified by tree species (e.g., southern pine, douglas fir, etc.) and its strength is graded using numerous coefficients that correspond to the number of knots, the moisture content, the temperature, the grain ...
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The Cabanes du Breuil are located 9 km from Sarlat and 12 km from Les Eyzies, at a place called Calpalmas.They make up the outbuildings of a former agricultural farm comprising a single-storey house with a two-sided roof of stone tiles over wooden trusses, of a type commonly found in the Sarlat region.
The German name, Fachhallenhaus, is a regional variation of the term Hallenhaus ("hall house", sometimes qualified as the "Low Saxon hall house").In the academic definition of this type of house the word Fach does not refer to the Fachwerk or "timber-framing" of the walls, but to the large Gefach or "bay" between two pairs of the wooden posts (Ständer) supporting the ceiling of the hall and ...
The Charles E. Van Buren house is an 1860s farm-house that predates the park itself and the purchase by Colonel Derrom, and was built in the Greek revival style of architecture. The Van Buren home is a two-story 5 bay rectangular wood frame plan, and was occupied by the Van Buren family until 1888 when the property was purchased by the city.