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2. Cape Cod (house) - Wikipedia

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   In the traditional Cape Cod architectural design, various materials were used to construct the houses. Oak and pine were used to construct the posts, beams, and wood flooring, and the fireplaces were made of brick. The exterior of the house is typically painted white with black wooden shutters, and shiplap was used as siding for the houses. The ...

3. Painted ladies - Wikipedia

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   Painted Ladies in the Lower Haight, San Francisco, California. During World War I and World War II many of these houses were painted battleship gray with war-surplus Navy paint. [citation needed] Another sixteen thousand were demolished. Many others had the Victorian décor stripped off or covered with tarpaper, brick, stucco, or aluminum siding.

4. Lead-based paint in the United States - Wikipedia

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   The home's year of construction can be a clue as to the likelihood that lead is present in its paint. As of April 2011, 87% of homes built before 1940 contain at least some lead paint, homes built between 1940 and 1960 have a 69% chance of containing such paint, homes built between 1960 and 1978 have a 24% chance of containing lead paint, while ...

5. American historic carpentry - Wikipedia

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   Sometimes there are studs at the doors but mostly the vertical planks replace the studs. Both wood shingle or clapboard exterior siding and interior lath and plaster attach directly to the planks. [10] Some examples of plank frame houses are the oldest house in New Hampshire, the Richard Jackson House, Thomas and Esther Smith House in ...

6. List of Gilded Age mansions - Wikipedia

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   Today the house is the Unity Mission Church Home Training School Bible Institute. Lindenhurst 1883 Romanesque: Edward Alfred Sargent: Jenkintown: Built for John Wanamaker, was destroyed by fire in 1907. Townsend Castle 1887 Romanesque: GW & WD Hewitt: Philadelphia: Built for John Lister Townsend, today is a private residence. more images: Clayton

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