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The house today is a museum and headquarters of the Uxbridge Historical Society. It is an excellent example of early New England colonial architecture. Buttolph-Williams House: Wethersfield: CT 1711 Residential One of the oldest surviving homes in Wethersfield, declared a National Historic Landmark in 1968. [78] Randall–Hale Homestead: Stow ...
The early colonists to this region adapted the "half-timber" style of construction then popular in Europe, which used a frame of braced timbers filled-in with masonry. The "bank house" was a popular form of home during this period, typically constructed into a hillside for protection during the cold winters and hot summers of the region.
Castle Hill, 1764, Albemarle County—home of Thomas Walker (explorer) and William Cabell Rives; Chatham Manor, 1768, Stafford County — home of William Fitzhugh; Court Manor, c. 1812, Rockingham County - early Greek-Revival manor house, former home of Willis Sharpe Kilmer; Dodona Manor, c. 1805, Loudoun County – home of General George C ...
This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the United States of America that are national memorials, National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places or other heritage register, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design.
Key influential American architects of the period include Richard Morris Hunt, Frank Furness, and Henry Hobson Richardson. After the war, the uniquely American Stick Style developed as a form of construction that uses wooden rod trusswork, the origin of its name. The style was commonly used in houses, hotels, railway depots, and other ...
These are known as First Period houses of the early to mid–second generation as they were built by the children of the first settlers in the Massachusetts Bay colony. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] During this time, buildings in New England were increasingly designed and built by regionally trained carpenters and were only occasionally influenced by new ...
In Salem, Massachusetts, there are numerous examples of American colonial architecture and Federal architecture in two historic districts: Chestnut Street District, which is part of the Samuel McIntire Historic District containing 407 buildings, and the Salem Maritime National Historic Site, consisting of 12 historic structures and about 9 acres (4 ha) of land along the waterfront.
A hall-and-parlor house is a type of vernacular house found in early-modern to 19th century England, as well as in colonial North America. [1] It is presumed to have been the model on which other North American house types have been developed, such as the Cape Cod house , saltbox , and central-passage house , and in turn influenced the somewhat ...