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  2. American colonial architecture - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. History of construction - Wikipedia

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    Roofs were largely thatched. Houses were small and gathered around a large communal hall. Monasticism spread more sophisticated building techniques. The Cistercians may have been responsible for reintroducing brick-making to the area [clarification needed] from the Netherlands, through Denmark and Northern Germany to Poland leading to ...

  4. American historic carpentry - Wikipedia

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    Sometimes they were also called a joist frame, rib frame and trussed frame barns. Built of a “Construction in which none of the material used is larger than 2 inches thick.” [23] rather than solid timbers. The reduction in availability of timber for barn building and experience with scantling framing resulted in the development of this ...

  5. 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 ...

  6. 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.

  7. Plantation complexes in the Southern United States - Wikipedia

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    [contradictory] On large plantations they were often arranged in a village-like grouping along an avenue away from the main house, but sometimes were scattered around the plantation on the edges of the fields where the enslaved people toiled, like most of the sharecropper cabins that were to come later.

  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. Cape Cod (house) - Wikipedia

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    Cape Cod–style house c. 1920. The Cape Cod house is defined as the classic North American house. In the original design, Cape Cod houses had the following features: symmetry, steep roofs, central chimneys, windows at the door, flat design, one to one-and-a-half stories, narrow stairways, and simple exteriors.