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2. Herbert Hoover National Historic Site - Wikipedia

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   Designated NHLD. June 23, 1965 [2] The Herbert Hoover National Historic Site is a unit of the National Park System in West Branch, Iowa, United States. The buildings and grounds are managed by the National Park Service to commemorate the life of Herbert Hoover, the 31st president of the United States. The park was established in 1965, shortly ...

3. Fairbanks House (Dedham, Massachusetts) - Wikipedia

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   Designated NHL. October 9, 1960. The Fairbanks House in Dedham, Massachusetts is a historic house built around 1641, [ 1 ][ 2 ] making it the oldest surviving timber-frame house in North America that has been verified by dendrochronology testing. Puritan settler Jonathan Fairbanks constructed the farm house for his wife Grace (née Smith) and ...

4. Greene and Greene - Wikipedia

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   Gamble House, Pasadena, California, in 2005 Mortimer Fleishhacker House and estate (rear view), Woodside, California. The architectural firm of Greene and Greene was established in Pasadena in January 1894, eventually culminating with the designs of their "ultimate bungalows", such as the 1908 Gamble House in Pasadena, generally considered one of the finest examples of residential architecture ...

5. Greenhouse - Wikipedia

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   A greenhouse is a special structure that is designed to regulate the temperature and humidity of the environment inside. There are different types of greenhouses, but they all have large areas covered with transparent materials that let sunlight pass and block it as heat.

6. Low German house - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

7. Ecohouse - Wikipedia

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   Ecohouse. An Eco-house (or Eco-home) is an environmentally low-impact home designed and built using materials and technology that reduces its carbon footprint and lowers its energy needs. Eco-homes are measured in multiple ways meeting sustainability needs such as water conservation, reducing wastes through reusing and recycling materials ...