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1,814 Likes, 57 Comments - Julie | Northern Vernacular (@northern_vernacular) on Instagram: “Bow down to this Second Empire beauty! (Which is sort of what I did to get this photo 👍)”

The interior of a typical First Period house was generally one-room deep. Stairs to the second floor formed an "L" or "U" shape around the central chimney. Expansion of these post-and-beam structures took the form of lean-to additions.

Model buildings for museums and collectors, including dollhouses for miniature collectors ,miniature furniture, windmills .watermills

Come with me as I open the door to the past... I really, really enjoy wearing 1770s period clothing. Yes, more than wearing Civil War era clothing. And when I can be surrounded and immersed in buildings that were around during the time the clothing was fashionable (rather than at a reenactment), well that just sort of becomes the cool whip frosting on the cake. It's just a shame that there are only a few reenacting opportunities for me to wear the garments here in Michigan; there are plenty…

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Though every grey-shingled, white-trimmed house on this legendary New England island looks like every other grey-shingled, white-trimmed house, the natives know the labyrinthine way to the Oldest House. (Oldest' being a proper noun here, not an adjective). And when you finally track it down on its solitary hilltop, its air of chaste isolation - in this town teeming with trophy houses, Hamptons émigrés and admirably restrained twee - will take your breath away. With just a few gnarly lilacs…

saltbox house | This architectural style emerged in New England around 1630, and salt ...

Dambach-la-Ville France

Jethro Coffin House built in 1686 is Nantucket's oldest house on Nantucket. It had National Historic designation before lightning struck chimney in 1978. 1686 Oldest House and Mary Gardner Coffin This portrait, attributed to the Pollard Limner, depicts Mary Gardner Coffin (1670-1767). Mary Gardner was born on Nantucket and married Jethro Coffin, grandson of Tristram,…

Victorian

THE KEY HOLE HOUSE. This home is named Key Hole House because the front window is shaped like an old key hole. Home has a entry foyer with a beautiful open staircase to the second floor, a living room, dining room with built in hutch and fireplace, sunroom, parlor, kitchen, full bath, utility room, rear hall and a front porch. Second floor has 4 bedrooms, linen closet, full bath, storage, 2 stairs plus access to the third floor with 2 rooms. Home also a basement with 2 rooms and coal bin…

This beautiful grand Victorian sits on a large lot, walking distance to downtown Dover. Currently a single family home, it has the potential for a developer to convert into 3+ condos. The property…