Double-Pile Central Chimney House

Isaac Kremer/ January 9, 2021/

A blank" >house with a salt—box floor plan (with lobby target="_blank" >glossary/entrances/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="bc3cb4023b26ff1dedff90f24987bf60" target="_blank" >entrance facing a central chimney and smaller rooms in back), this structure has a symmetrical pitched-roof/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="b4c1e196951abb0545db9948950c7b38" target="_blank" >gable roof when viewed in side profile. Thus it has a full second story across the rear rather than a lean—to extension. Kelly 1924, 14; Morrison 1952, 474; Williams and Williams 1957, 67; Pillsbury and Kardos c. 1970, 25; Hubka 1979, 220; Walker 1981, 78; Noble 1984, 26. (Jakle, 1989)

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