Cracker Farmhouses, 1840-1920
In these days of "shabby chic" home decor and "grunge" fashion, "Cracker" houses are making a comeback in the Deep South. Florida developers are trying to capture the casual, homey style with modern developments sporting [... more]
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Deciding on an Exterior Style For a Home
This style generally has a wide covered porch that stretches along the front and wraps around the side of the two-story home. The steeply pitched gable roof, shutters and horizontal siding are other details often found in farmhouses. The ... [... more]
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Yr Mother Called Them Farmhouses
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Families and Farmhouses in Nineteenth-Century America: ...
The antebellum era and the close of the 19th century frame a period of great agricultural expansion. During this time, farmhouse plans designed by rural men and women regularly appeared in the flourishing Northern farm journals. This book analyzes these [... more]
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How to Stay in a Castle in Ireland
Ireland has more than its fair share of hotels, bed and breakfasts, hostels, and farmhouses. If you want to get a taste for Ireland's history, however, you might want to consider staying in a castle. Many of them also serve as hotels, and they ... [... more]
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How to Find Cheap Hotels in New York State
New York is one of the most dynamic and varied states in the U.S. Dense urban landscapes press up against suburban hamlets and rural farmhouses. Whether you're headed to the Big Apple or a simple apple orchard in Putnam County, New York has ... [... more]
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Brass In Bucks County Horseless Carriage Club Tour
An across-the-windshield view of a Bucks County back-road bridge, as seen from Clay Green's 1910 Buick Model 16 touring car. Being only 25 miles north of Philadelphia and 2 hours west of New York City, the covered bridges, fieldstone farmhouses ... [... more]
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Weather Vanes, Power Tools, Whimmydiddle
In this episode...if you've ever thought that weathervanes were just wind indicators on top of farmhouses, think again. They have a long, illustrious history, and we'll look at one of the country's best collections. Then, we'll see one of Carol's ... [... more]
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Sushi Cadillac House; Stargazing House
We visit a house that's a cross between sushi and 50's design; then on to a house inspired by Midwestern farmhouses and a Greek philosopher. Extreme Homes: Sushi Cadillac House; Stargazing House Sushi Cadillac House, Stargazing House Extreme ... [... more]
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Death of the Dream: Classic Minnesota Farmhouses
The Industrialization of the American economy between 1862 and 1893 provided pioneer farm families with the means to realize their dreams on the Midwestern prairie. Now the last of their original farmhouses are disappearing. There was no way to save them, [... more]
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American Farmhouses: Country Style and Design
Sumptuous and Informative: As a devotee of country style and an admirer of farmhouses around the northeast, I found this book to be charming. A cross between a coffee table book and a reference guide, it's the kind of thing you can pick up and peruse [... more]
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Families and Farmhouses in Nineteenth-Century America: ...
An era of great agricultural expansion in America, the nineteenth century witnessed the development of capitalist method, technological innovation, scientific experimentation, and the reorganization of social and family life - changes that were reflected [... more]
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