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Choosing Your Colonial House
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Choosing Your House
Think about your character– Are you wealthy?– Where do you live? – What materials are available for building?– How big is your family?
Keep these answers in mind when you learn about the different houses of the 18th century.
Hmmm…what house
should I buy?
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New England Characteristics
• Wooden houses• Timber frames
covered with wooden boards and shingles
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The “Saltbox” Style 1620-1740
Central chimney
Central wooden door
3-4 rooms onground floor
Equal numberof windows on either side of the door
2 1/2 rooms second floor
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Moreton House
Hatfield, Massachusetts
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Traditional Saltbox Floor Plan
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The Georgian Design 1700-1780
Chimneys on the ends
Made of both brick and wood
Paneled central door with decorative crown
Symmetricalwindowdesign
This house was built in 1760by Captain RichardDerby of Salem, MA.Brick was rare inNew England; this shows how wealthy of a merchanthe was. It was a gift to his son.
This style was found in all 13 colonieswith various differences
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A Wooden Georgian
Can you find the features from the previous page?
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Georgian Floor Plan4 rooms upstairs
4 rooms downstairs
Central hallway - allows public and private space
Kitchen
3 rooms downstairs used as work rooms,entertaining rooms, or eating spaces.
Second story rooms were mainlyused for sleeping and storage
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The Mid Atlantic States
• Mostly stone or brick• Look more like New
England houses rather than Southern houses
• A lot of Dutch and German influence
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Dutch Colonial 1625-1840
Little or nooverhang
Usually 1 floor
Dutch door: the doorhas an upper and lower half.
Highpeaked
roof
Made of brick or field stone2 rooms
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German Colonial 1680-1800Central chimney
Field stone withwooden framing
Similar to the Georgian Style
These houses would have been common in rural Pennsylvania
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Philadelphia TownhouseLooks like a German Colonial
cut in half
2 room house1 room on each floor
This is Betsy Ross’s
house - the creator of
the American Flag
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Southern States
• Large plantation houses– Farmers had main house,
smaller slave houses– Plantations could be miles
apart
• Usually made of wood, sometimes brick
• Wealthy houses had many designs
• Poorer houses were very small
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Drayton Hall Plantation House
Large, open porch to stay cool in the
heat
4-5 large roomson each floor
Georgian - Palladian Style
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Drawing of Drayton Hall
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First Floor Plan
Large doorsat both ends
allow for crossventilation.
The Grand StaircaseThis room gives a
remarkable first impression for
anyone arriving from the Ashley River.
The Great Hall
This room was the primary
welcoming space.
Most southern homes did not have a kitchen in the living space in order to keep the heat down.
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Second Floor PlanThe second floor
has four large bedrooms.
Upper Great Hall
This room was used for entertaining.
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Outside Drayton Hall
Guests would have arrived
from the Ashley River.
Most work houses
would have been
separate from the
main house.
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Slave Cabins
Very simple1 room houses
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Inside a Slave Cabin
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Charleston Courtyard House
Gable end of the house faces the street.By changing the
alignment of the house, builders were
able to fit more houses into the city.
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Charleston Courtyard House Side View
Long piazzas (porches) on every floor
1-2 rooms on the second floor
1 room and a kitchen on the first floor.
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Street Facing Charleston House
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Simple Southern Home
2 Rooms
Central breezeway with a door on both sides of the house
Small attic space for sleeping or storage
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Your Assignment
• Choose the style of your house
• Draw a picture of it or design a floor plan
• On the back of your picture, write a paragraph explaining the decisions you made in planning your house.
Remember, only buy a house
that you can “revere.”