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2. American System-Built Homes - Wikipedia

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   American System-Built Homes. Coordinates: 43°0′38″N 87°56′55″W. The American System-Built Homes were modest houses in a series designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright. They were developed between 1911 and 1917 to fulfill his interest in affordable housing but were sold commercially for just 14 months. The Wright archives include 973 ...

3. The American Woman's Home - Wikipedia

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   The American Woman’s Home is a highly detailed manual regarding the ideal American home's construction, design, layout, and decoration. The book includes diagrams and explanations of floor plans, furniture layouts for each room, home appliance choices, and furniture and decor creation.

4. Architecture in the United States - Wikipedia

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   San Miguel Chapel, built in 1610 in Santa Fe, is the oldest church structure in the United States. When the Europeans settled in North America, they brought their architectural traditions and construction techniques for building. The oldest buildings in America have examples of that. Construction was dependent on the available resources.

5. American Foursquare - Wikipedia

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   The American Foursquare or "Prairie Box" was a post-Victorian style, which shared many features with the Prairie architecture pioneered by Frank Lloyd Wright.. During the early 1900s and 1910s, Wright even designed his own variations on the Foursquare, including the Robert M. Lamp House, "A Fireproof House for $5000", and several two-story models for American System-Built Homes.

6. Ranch-style house - Wikipedia

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   Ranch (also known as American ranch, California ranch, rambler, or rancher) is a domestic architectural style that originated in the United States. The ranch-style house is noted for its long, close-to-the-ground profile, and wide open layout. The style fused modernist ideas and styles with notions of the American Western period of wide open ...

7. List of George Franklin Barber works - Wikipedia

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   Key. CS1 – Design found in Barber's The Cottage Souvenir (c. 1887–1888) CS2 — Design found in Barber's The Cottage Souvenir No. 2 (1891) CS3 — Design found in Barber's The Cottage Souvenir Revised and Enlarged (1892) AH — Design found in Barber's Artistic Homes: How to Plan and Build Them (1895) CS4 — Design found in Barber's The ...