Early Colonial

Isaac Kremer/ January 21, 2019/

Few structures remain from the first blank" >target="_blank" >English settlements on the East Coast, and those that do exhibit marked regional variations… In glossary/new-england/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="6e7c1bfb10dd46dcf5cac586a56fa46d" target="_blank" >New England, where hardwoods were plentiful, the massive hewn-and-pegged/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="a21f2aa385a21b7655de70d00f18714a" target="_blank" >hewn and pegged house frame was almost universal… In the southern colonies, one-story houses (often brick) with end chimneys were predominant in the 17th century. (Poppeliers, 1983)

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