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A saltbox house is a traditional New England style of house with a long, pitched roof that slopes down to the back, generally a wooden frame house. [1]

38 relations: American colonial architecture, Amesbury, Massachusetts, Anne, Queen of Great Britain, Cape Cod (house), Chimney, Clapboard (architecture), Comfort Starr House, Connecticut, Edmund Rice (colonist), Ephraim Hawley House, Fairview, Erie County, Pennsylvania, Guilford, Connecticut, History of the United States (1776–89), John Adams Birthplace, Josiah Day House, Lean-to, List of house types, Macy–Colby House, Massachusetts, Mortise and tenon, New England, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nichols, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Property tax, Quincy, Massachusetts, Roof, Siding, Storey, Sturgeon House, The New York Times, Thirteen Colonies, Timber framing, Wallingford, Connecticut, Wayland, Massachusetts, West Springfield, Massachusetts, Wood, Woodworking joints.

American colonial architecture

American colonial architecture includes several building design styles associated with the colonial period of the United States, including First Period English (late-medieval), French Colonial, Spanish Colonial, Dutch Colonial, and Georgian.

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Amesbury, Massachusetts

Amesbury is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, located on the left bank of the Merrimack River near its mouth, upstream from Salisbury and across the river from Newburyport and West Newbury.

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Anne, Queen of Great Britain

Anne (6 February 1665 – 1 August 1714) was the Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland between 8 March 1702 and 1 May 1707.

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Cape Cod (house)

A Cape Cod house is a low, broad, single-story frame building with a moderately steep pitched gabled roof, a large central chimney, and very little ornamentation.

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Chimney

A chimney is a structure that provides ventilation for hot flue gases or smoke from a boiler, stove, furnace or fireplace to the outside atmosphere.

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Clapboard (architecture)

Clapboard or clabbard, also called bevel siding, lap siding, and weatherboard, with regional variation in the definition of these terms, is wooden siding of a building in the form of horizontal boards, often overlapping.

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Comfort Starr House

The Comfort Starr House, located at 138 State St., Guilford, Connecticut, is a classic saltbox house with an added lean-to.

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Connecticut

Connecticut is the southernmost state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.

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Edmund Rice (colonist)

Edmund Rice (c. 1594 – 3 May 1663), was an early immigrant to Massachusetts Bay Colony born in Suffolk, England.

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Ephraim Hawley House

The Ephraim Hawley House is a Colonial American wooden post-and-beam timber-frame saltbox farm house on the Farm Highway, Route 108, on the south side of Mischa Hill.

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Fairview, Erie County, Pennsylvania

Fairview is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in central Fairview Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Guilford, Connecticut

Guilford is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States, that borders Madison, Branford, North Branford and Durham, and is situated on I-95 and the Connecticut seacoast.

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History of the United States (1776–89)

Between 1776 and 1789, the United States of America emerged as an independent country, creating and ratifying its new constitution and establishing its national government.

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John Adams Birthplace

The John Adams Birthplace is a historic house at 133 Franklin Street in Quincy, Massachusetts.

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Josiah Day House

The Josiah Day House is a historic house museum at 70 Park Street in West Springfield, Massachusetts.

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Lean-to

A lean-to is a type of simple structure originally added to an existing building with the rafters "leaning" against another wall.

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List of house types

This is a list of house types.

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Macy–Colby House

The Macy–Colby House is a historically significant saltbox house at 257 Main Street in Amesbury, Massachusetts.

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Massachusetts

Massachusetts, officially known as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.

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Mortise and tenon

A mortise (or mortice) and tenon joint is a type of joint that connects two pieces of wood or other material.

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New England

New England is a geographical region comprising six states of the northeastern United States: Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut.

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Newfoundland and Labrador

Newfoundland and Labrador (Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; Akamassiss; Newfoundland Irish: Talamh an Éisc agus Labradar) is the most easterly province of Canada.

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Nichols, Connecticut

Nichols, a historic village in southeastern Trumbull on the Gold Coast (Connecticut) of Fairfield County, was named after the family who maintained a large farm in its center for almost 300 years.

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Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania German: Pennsylvaani or Pennsilfaani), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state located in the northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.

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Property tax

A property tax or millage rate is an ad valorem tax on the value of a property, usually levied on real estate.

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Quincy, Massachusetts

Quincy is the largest city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States.

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Roof

A roof is part of a building envelope.

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Siding

Siding or wall cladding is the protective material attached to the exterior side of a wall of a house or other building.

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Storey

A storey (British English) or story (American English) is any level part of a building with a floor that could be used by people (for living, work, storage, recreation).

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Sturgeon House

The Sturgeon House is a saltbox house dating from around 1838 in Fairview, Erie County, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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Thirteen Colonies

The Thirteen Colonies were a group of British colonies on the east coast of North America founded in the 17th and 18th centuries that declared independence in 1776 and formed the United States of America.

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Timber framing

Timber framing and "post-and-beam" construction are traditional methods of building with heavy timbers, creating structures using squared-off and carefully fitted and joined timbers with joints secured by large wooden pegs.

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Wallingford, Connecticut

Wallingford is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States.

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Wayland, Massachusetts

Wayland is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.

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West Springfield, Massachusetts

West Springfield is a city in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States.

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Wood

Wood is a porous and fibrous structural tissue found in the stems and roots of trees and other woody plants.

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Woodworking joints

Joinery is a part of woodworking that involves joining together pieces of timber or lumber, to produce more complex items.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saltbox

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