Colonial housing
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Colonial housing in America evolved from basic one-room log cabins and saltbox houses to larger two-story homes influenced by European styles. Early colonial homes were typically made of wood or brick with small windows, thatched or shingled roofs, and central chimneys, reflecting regional differences in materials and designs brought by early settlers from England, France, the Netherlands, Germany, and Spain.
Colonial housing
- 1. Colonial housing Could you live like this?
- 2. Basic house: Log Cabin or Salt Box One story, two rooms (parlor and hall) with central chimney. Rapidly evolved to two story, four room house, still with a central chimney
- 4. Houses in Medieval European style Made of wood (usually oak) in NE, Brick in Virginia Small windows (glass is expensive) Roof sometimes of thatch, later of wood shingles; Steep pitch so snow would slide off Holes/cracks usually filled with mud and grasses One room deep 2nd floor overhangs
- 5. Regional differences South often has two chimneys at the ends Why? NE has one central chimney Why? NE favors wood, South brick Why?
- 10. Spanish Colonial
Editor's Notes
- #3: sense of place: what do you do in your house? In which rooms? Heating sources How does the house smell?
- #4: So why is it called a saltbox ? Salt was necessary for preserving food, and so it was a valuable commodity in colonial America. Salt was expensive, and it caked-up easily. To prevent this, special saltboxes were designed that were supposed to be hung by the hearth to keep the salt dried out. The lean-to on the house bore a substantial resemblance to the saltbox on the hearth, and thus the name for the style was born.
- #7: Milton, built in 1720s. The basic floor plan for colonials is a central hall with stairs, two rooms deep from front to back, with the dining room on the opposite side of the hall from the living room and the kitchen behind it. Bedrooms and baths are above.
- #8: Louisiana, built in 1790s Why would the house be on stilts? Available materials--thatch as opposed to wood Why do you think?
- #9: NY, 1690 Why are the roofs so steep? Climate impacting housing
- #10: 1767, Pennsylvania
- #11: Florida, 1720s How is this different? Check out the design?