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The dogtrot, also known as a breezeway house, dog-run, or possum-trot, is a style of house that was common throughout the Southeastern United States during the 19th and early 20th centuries. [1][2] Some theories place its origins in the southern Appalachian Mountains. Some scholars believe the style developed in the post- Revolution frontiers ...
House plan. Elevation view of the Panthéon, Paris principal façade. Floor plans of the Putnam House. A house plan[1] is a set of construction or working drawings (sometimes called blueprints) that define all the construction specifications of a residential house such as the dimensions, materials, layouts, installation methods and techniques.
The 20th-century ranch house style has its roots in Spanish colonial architecture of the 17th to 19th century. These buildings used single-story floor plans and native materials in a simple style to meet the needs of their inhabitants. Walls were often built of adobe brick and covered with plaster, or more simply used board and batten wood siding.
A saltbox house is a gable -roofed residential structure that is typically two stories in the front and one in the rear. It is a traditional New England style of home, originally timber framed, which takes its name from its resemblance to a wooden lidded box in which salt was once kept. The structure's unequal sides and long, low rear roofline ...
Shed style. The Vanna Venturi House, one of the influences of the shed style (note the two shed roofs, rather than a single gable). Shed style refers to a style of architecture that makes use of single-sloped roofs (commonly called "shed roofs"). The style originated from the designs of architects Charles Willard Moore and Robert Venturi in the ...
Sears Modern Homes were houses sold primarily through mail order catalog by Sears, Roebuck and Co., an American retailer. From 1908 to 1942, Sears sold more than 70,000 of these houses in North America, by the company's count. [ 1 ] Sears Modern Homes were purchased primarily by customers in East Coast and Midwest states, but have been located ...
A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems. [1][2] Houses use a range of different roofing systems to keep precipitation such as ...
Octagon House in Watertown, Wisconsin, built 1853 David Van Gelder Octagon House in Catskill, New York, built 1860, photographed on January 13, 2008. This is a list of octagon houses. The style became popular in the United States and Canada following the publication of Orson Squire Fowler's 1848 book The Octagon House, A Home for All.