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Hall and parlor house

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121:, there were usually flush or exterior gable-end chimneys on one or both sides of the house. Northern examples often featured a central chimney. The houses were most often of wood-frame construction on a brick or stone foundation, but sometimes the entire structure was masonry. The windows were often asymmetrically placed. Common dimensions for the entire house were from 16 to 20 feet (5 to 6 m) deep and 20 to 40 feet (6 to 12 m) wide. The larger hall was the general-purpose room and, if a loft existed, contained a stairway or ladder to it. The parlor was the smaller of the two rooms and was more private. It was commonly used for sleeping. 31: 39: 128:, also known as the hall-passage-parlor house, is believed by architectural historians to have developed from the earlier hall-and-parlor house type. In fact, many examples are known where an earlier hall-and-parlor house had an additional wall added inside the larger hall room to form a central-passage house. 106:. This was the private room and usually contained a bed. In early examples, the house is one room wide and two deep. The two adjoining rooms are connected by an interior door. An exterior door leads to the 110:, the larger of the two rooms and the one in the front of the house. Behind the hall is the parlor. The hall may have been used for cooking, while the parlor was the general living space and bedroom. 352: 956: 529: 891: 1164: 549: 345: 317:"Historic Resources of Williamson County (Partial Inventory of Historic and Architectural Properties), National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination" 338: 113:
In colonial America, hall-and-parlor houses were two rooms wide and one deep. They were often one and a half stories tall, with a steeply pitched side-
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structure. Many could not afford a large house; however, putting up a wall in the only room created a smaller area in the rear of the house called a
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The hall-and-parlor style entails a rectangular, two-room configuration. The style began in early-modern England, where it was often a
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roof. The style was at one time so ubiquitous that it was known colloquially as the "Virginia style". In the
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The hall-and-parlor style was common in early-19th-century construction in
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Thomason Associates and Tennessee Historical Commission (February 1988).
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A Pride of Place: Rural Residences of Fauquier County, Virginia
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American houses: a field guide to the architecture of the home
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Floor plan of a basic Virginia-style hall-and-parlor house.
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An example from the colonial period of the United States,
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Hall-parlor plan architecture


Resurrection Manor
Hollywood, Maryland
vernacular
England
colonial North America
Cape Cod house
saltbox
central-passage house
I-house
hall house
timber-framed
parlor
hall
gabled
Southern Colonies
central-passage house
Williamson County, Tennessee
John Pope House
Samuel Crockett House
John Neely House
John Crafton House


The Hall-and-Parlor or Hall-and-Chamber House
An entry to history
The American House
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