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Log House
Back in the 1700s, a log house was common to see. Trees with straight trunks made good logs for building. Once the logs were cut to the right length, they would cut notches at each end where the logs would fit together at the corners of the building. Once the walls and the roof were finished, the pioneers would seal the cracks between the logs with mud or clay. -
Sod House
This is a sod house. It was made from a special plow that could cut the dense virgin sod, then it was cut into bricks and stacked. -
Row Houses
Row houses are groups of dwellings linked by common sidewalls. Many of them were built to house factory workers. Sometimes the 2-story buildings housed as many as 6 families at one time. -
Tenement
Tenements were the most common place for immigrants to live at this time. They were typically 5-stories and had 116 two-room apartments. They used outdoor toilets which were located on land in between buildings. -
Queen Anne House
Queen Anne houses are built with two or three-stories and have multiple and complex roof designs. Turrets and towers give the large houses a medieval look. Large wraparound-covered porches are supported by elaborate columns. Some Queen Annes even featured second and third-story porches. These homes were smaller but Victorian in their style and very quaint. Usually more expensive. -
Factory Produced House - "Tract" House
This is an example of a factory-produced house. Tract houses were made to help the housing shortage in a short amount of time. This was affordable enough for them to do in factories and mass-produce cookie-cutter houses. -
MLA Citations
Craven, Jackie. “House Style Guide to the American Home.” ThoughtCo, 25 Sept. 2019, www.thoughtco.com/house-style-guide-american-home-4065233. Systems, Copley Internet. “Old House Archives Built in 1700 or Before.” OldHouses.com, www.oldhouses.com/archives/-1700. -
Citations
Orentas, Geraldine. “House Styles Through the Decades, Plus Pros and Cons of Buying Each Type.” Forbes Home, 21 Aug. 2023, www.forbes.com/home-improvement/design/house-styles-through-decades/#:~:text=1900s%3A%20Queen%20Anne,-Getty%20Images&text=This%20style%2C%20prevalent%20in%20both,turrets%20and%20wrap%2Daround%20porches.