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2. Hinckley Hill Historic District - Wikipedia

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   The Hinckley Hill Historic District encompasses a well-preserved collection of stylish mid-19th century residences in Calais, Maine. Built mostly between 1820 and 1860, it includes a trio of high-quality Gothic Revival houses from the 1850s near the eastern edge of the town. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in ...

3. South Monroe Street Historic District - Wikipedia

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   Four lots also contain old frame carriage houses. Of the frame houses, the most distinctive are the turreted Queen Anne located at 104 South Monroe and the unusual dwelling at 126 South Monroe, the home of architect Marcellus H. Parker. Parker's house is an L-plan structure with steeply pitched gable roofs, and two-story bay windows. [2]

4. Woodbridge Farmstead - Wikipedia

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   The Woodbridge Farmstead is now hemmed into a mixed residential-commercial area at the eastern end of Middle Turnpike East, near its junction with East Center Street (United States Route 44). It is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story wood-frame structure, with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior. A single-story ell and garage extend to the right side.

5. American historic carpentry - Wikipedia

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   Plank-frame house construction has a timber frame with the walls made of vertical planks attached to the frame. These houses may simply be called plank houses. Some building historians prefer the term plank-on-frame. Plank-frame houses are known from the 17th century with concentrations in the Massachusetts Bay Colony and Colony of Rhode Island ...

6. Home construction - Wikipedia

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   New home construction, Pittsfield Township, Michigan Units under construction in Brighton, Victoria. Home construction or residential construction is the process of constructing a house, apartment building, or similar residential building [1] generally referred to as a 'home' when giving consideration to the people who might now or someday reside there.

7. Framing (construction) - Wikipedia

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   Wall framing in house construction includes the vertical and horizontal members of exterior walls and interior partitions, both of bearing walls and non-bearing walls. . These stick members, referred to as studs, wall plates and lintels (sometimes called headers), serve as a nailing base for all covering material and support the upper floor platforms, which provide the lateral strength along a