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One of the oldest timber-frame houses in America. The oldest part of the house was built between 1640 and 1653 by Joseph Loomis, who came to Connecticut Colony from England in 1638. Later additions to the Loomis house were made around the turn of the 18th century. It is now a part of the Loomis Chaffee School. Newman–Fiske–Dodge House ...
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 ...
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.
[9] [11] Hall and parlor houses (two rooms) were also represented on the plantation landscape, offering a separate room for eating and sleeping. Sometimes dormitories and two-story dwellings were also used to house enslaved people. Earlier examples rested on the ground with a dirt floor, but later examples were usually raised on piers for ...
Oldest house in Lancaster County; oldest surviving structure used as a Mennonite meetinghouse in America Abraham Rittenhouse House: Historic RittenhouseTown: c. 1720 House The Abraham Rittenhouse House (c. 1720) with a c. 1860 addition on the left. [7] Elfreth's Alley: Philadelphia, Old City: 1720–1830 Houses
The original house was a Flemish bond brick structure of 1-1/2 stories with a very steep A-roof. The current 1840 building is a 2-1/2 story Greek revival structure with a gently sloping A-roof on 100 remaining acres of the original 2,100 acres granted to Robert Brooke, Sr in 1649.
The Shirley Plantation, c. 1900–1906, photo by William Henry Jackson Shirley Plantation dovecote The lands of Shirley Plantation were first settled by Europeans in 1613 by Sir Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr and were named West and Sherley Hundred, probably because this Lord Delaware's wife Cessalye was the daughter of Sir Thomas Sherley (variant spellings being common at the time). [6]
The Churchill House is located at 250 Sandwich Street. Beams from the oldest portion of the house were felled in the 1650s and 1661 or 1662, likely making it the oldest house in Plymouth verified with dendrochronology according to Professor J. Ritchie Garrison. [6]