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Sep 11, 1400
Native American Teepee
is a conical tent, traditionally made of animal skins, and wooden poles -
Sep 11, 1400
Native american wigwam
wooden frames which are covered with woven mats and sheets of birchbark -
Sep 11, 1400
Native American Long House
with pole frames and elm bark covering. Longhouses could be 200 feet long, 20 feet wide, and 20 feet high. Inside the longhousel. -
Sep 11, 1400
Hogan
A hogan can be round, cone-shaped, multi-sided, or square; with or without internal posts; timber or stone walls and packed with earth in varying amounts or a bark roof -
Period: Sep 11, 1400 to
Traditional House
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Sep 11, 1500
Spanish
red tiles on the roof and plaster as the walls and asymmetrical -
half timeber
fitted and joined timbers with joints secured by large wooden pegs -
tidewater south
with large wraparound porches (or galleries) and hip roofs, were designed for wet, hot climates. Tidewater homes have extensive porches sheltered by a broad hipped roof. The main roof extends over the porches without interruption. A crawlspace foundation allows for air circulation and protects the home from low-level flooding -
claps board
Clapboard in modern usage is an American English word for long, thin boards used to cover walls and (formerly) roofs of buildings -
Early english cape cod with domer
Dormers punctuate the steep rooflines of many Cape Cod-style homes, adding floor space to the modest area tucked under the roof -
saltbox
a long, pitched roof that slopes down to the back, generally a wooden frame house -
garrison
typically two stories with the second story overhanging in the front. The traditional ornamentation is four carved drops below the overhang. Garrisons usually have an exterior chimney at the end. -
Dutch colonial with gambrel roof
a shallow gable and a steep gable, then place the shallow atop the steep. Add dormers, often one long one, to the steep portion, and you have a configuration commonly referred to as Dutch colonial -
log cabin with chinking and gable roof
a house built from logs. It is a fairly simple type of log house. A distinction should be drawn between the traditional meanings of "log cabin" and "log house." Historically most "log cabins" were a simple one- or 1½-story structures, somewhat impermanent, and less finished or less architecturally sophisticated than a proper log house -
german with pent roof
a german house with an angle to the roof -
French normandy
a french house that has a small circled roof -
French plantation
a house that was built for the house for airing through the building so your not having a heat stroke -
louisiana french
a heavy timber frame of logs installed vertically on a sill (poteaux-sur-solle) or into the earth (poteaux-en-terre). An infill of lime mortar or clay mixed with small stones (pierrotage) or a mixture of mud, moss and animal hair (bousillage) was used to pack between the logs -
french manor with mansard roof
Window and roof trimming plus the fenced in basement windows/courtyard like area -
french provincial
has a flat roof to walk
