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Central-passage house

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The central-passage house was built much like the earlier hall and parlor house, except that its hall and parlor were divided by a central passageway. In fact, in many of the earliest examples a hall-parlor arrangement had a second partition added inside the existing structure or an additional room
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by the end of the 18th century. Also, the earliest examples display some asymmetry, but this was quickly superseded by a strictly symmetrical facade. It usually employed the "double square" formula, that is, the house was twice as long as it was high.
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was added to one side to form a central-passage house. In form it was one-and-a-half storied, on a raised foundation, and had
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The single-pile eventually gave way to two-room-deep, or double-pile types and a more gentle-sloping roof with
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Historic architecture in Alabama: a guide to styles and types, 1810-1930
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Stylistic elements that were typical of the type were massive
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load-bearing walls, decorative detailing often included
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Central-passage house evolved primarily in colonial
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Index

Central hallway architecture

vernacular
United States
Maryland
Virginia
hall and parlor house
Palladian
Georgian

Locust Grove
gable
dormer windows
Timber-framed
weatherboarding
bookend
segmented arches
molded
water table
masonry
Flemish bond
English bond
Diapering



ISBN
978-0-8173-1134-6

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