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  2. American colonial architecture - Wikipedia

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    Bronck House, Coxsackie, NY, built 1663; Dutch Colonial. Developed from around 1630 with the arrival of Dutch colonists to New Amsterdam and the Hudson River Valley in what is now New York [9] and in Bergen in what is now New Jersey. [10] [11] Initially the settlers built small, one room cottages with stone walls and steep roofs to allow a ...

  3. History of construction - Wikipedia

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    The concrete was made of nothing more than rubble and mortar. It was cheap and very easy to produce and required relatively unskilled labour to use, enabling the Romans to build on an unprecedented scale. They not only used it for walls but also to form arches, barrel vaults and domes, which they built over huge spans. The Romans developed ...

  4. First Period - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. American historic carpentry - Wikipedia

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    "This sophisticated system, which uses carefully constructed mortise-and-tenon joints, was common from the 1820s to the 1860s and represents some 5 percent of the log houses built in western Maryland.” [8] Occasionally these buildings have earthfast posts. James Hébert incorrectly presented it as “an entirely Canadian style". [9]

  6. 1700 in architecture - Wikipedia

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    Brown House, Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA Castillo de San Pedro de la Roca , Santiago de Cuba (begun 1638), by Giovanni Battista Antonelli DeWint House , Tappan, New York , USA, by Daniel DeClark

  7. Colonial meeting house - Wikipedia

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    The colonial meeting house was the central focus of every New England town, and was usually the largest building in the town. They were simple buildings with no statues, decorations, stained glass, or crosses on the walls. Box pews were provided for families, and single men and women (and slaves) usually sat in the balconies. Large windows were ...

  8. The cheapest ways to build a house, and the most ... - AOL

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    They can be cheaper and faster to build than traditional homes because the exterior structures also typically come in a kit. HomeAdvisor puts the average cost to build a 2,400-square-foot ...

  9. Wattle and daub - Wikipedia

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    A wattle and daub house as used by Native Americans of the Mississippian culture. The wattle and daub technique has been used since the Neolithic period. It was common for houses of Linear pottery and Rössen cultures of middle Europe, but is also found in Western Asia (Çatalhöyük, Shillourokambos) as well as in North America (Mississippian culture) and South America ().