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The gablefront house allows the narrow part of the house to face the street, usually on a rectangular lot. The gablefront house became a uniquely American folk house type. The gablefront house cropped up in styles ranging from Greek Revival, to
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One variation of the gablefront house is the gabled ell. The gabled ell incorporated a side gable, which was typically added-on to the house. The add-on was usually in order to obtain additional space, light and cross-ventilation.
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is a smaller variant, consisting of either a single story or a story-and-a-half. They were typically used as working-class dwellings, most being rather simple in design. However, they may contain some ornamentation such as
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is facing the street or entrance side of the house. They were built in large numbers throughout the United States primarily between the early 19th century and 1920. A
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Another variation of this house form is the T-plan house. The T-plan house consists of gable-ends on either side of the front-facing main gable.
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America's Favorite Homes: Mail-order Catalogues as a Guide to Popular Early 20th-century Houses, 1990
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The gablefront house developed after 1825 and coincided with the popularity of the
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around the doorways or roof line. Many gablefront houses contain front porches.
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style, which placed emphasis on the gable-end of the house in the form of a
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American Houses: A Field Guide to the Architecture of the Home, 2004
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Gable front


vernacular
gable
brackets
American Greek Revival
pediment
Greek temples
Gothic Revival
Queen Anne
List of house types
List of house styles
Upright and Wing
American Houses: A Field Guide to the Architecture of the Home, 2004
"Architectural Styles, City of Red Wing"
the original
Architectural Styles, City of Fort Wayne
West Central Neighborhood Association
America's Favorite Homes: Mail-order Catalogues as a Guide to Popular Early 20th-century Houses, 1990
Martinsville, Indiana site
Categories
House styles
American architectural styles

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